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queer neighbours There's many a slip Beating out a cur- 

 Breaks back Rout of the tiffin elephant Half-hearted 

 charges Lies close The cur meets his deserts Padding 

 the tiger Page 209 



CHAPTER II 



Tying up and sitting up for tiger The ' gara ' or ' kill ' How 

 to tie up Native shikari tactics Government rewards for 

 man-eaters News of a 'kill' Beating out the tiger with 

 villagers Stops A plucky kol Machan-shooting Fasci- 

 nating jungle sights Vultures The pea-fowl's warning A 

 tiger appears Despair Meet a tiger on the prowl The 

 Bhisti's adventure Cattle-lifters A kill How to prepare 

 the rnachan My first tiger The cattle-lifter Cattle-lifting 

 extraordinary Sit up for the robber Mosquitoes The tiger 

 appears A lost opportunity When the blood is young 

 Things incredible 237 



CHAPTER III 



Leopard or panther Most crafty of the cat tribe Habits 

 Disliked by the villager The subaltern's hope Distribution 

 Size of leopards Tying up for leopard Craftiness in a 

 beat Abundance of leopards Shooting ' spots ' with No. 6 

 Leopards and small-bore rifles Sitting up for the pard 

 A night adventure Contrariness of the goat An afternoon 

 rencontre The pard in his natural surroundings . . 260 



CHAPTER IV 



Bear Habits An amusing incident Bear tracks Size and 

 weight Where to find bear His food Behaviour when 

 roused How to shoot bear Beating Machan work My 

 first beat for bear Kols and Santals Blank beats Go out 

 after bear again The Raja and his subjects See and miss 

 my first bear Points to be remembered Other ways of 

 getting bear 278 



CHAPTER V 



Hyaena, jackal, and wild dog Jackal Habits A useful 

 scavenger Pelt The hyaena Distribution and habits 

 Food Cowardly nature Hyaena pugs Hyaena in a beat 

 Wild dog A game-destroyer Distribution Methods of 

 hunting game Immune to poison Should be shot on sight 297 



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