Illustrations 



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Tracks of the 4-horned antelope . 194 



A chinkara buck . . 197 



Head and horns of nilgai : A black buck : Horns of 4-horned 



antelope : Head of buck 4-horned antelope . To face p. 198 



Tracks of chinkara ,. . 202 



The chink stopped near the edge of a ravine .... 206 

 Method of bringing a dead tiger back to camp in the Central 



Provinces . . . ..... 207 



Face to face . . . 209 



The pugs of a tiger, fore and hind 212 



A stick insect on a grass head . . . . . .221 



Down the centre of the grass came galloping a fine tiger . 224 



A tiger charged through the grass . . 232 



A fitting pall for the great cat . 236 



' Stripes ' himself walking across to the kill .... 237 

 Central Provinces beaters and their camp : A forest rest house 



in the Central Provinces : Tiger country . 7V> face p. 240 



Vultures gorge themselves to repletion 244 



A large tiger moving parallel to our direction .... 247 



There were the pugs of a large tiger 250 



A hill tiger . . . .... 259 



The leopard or 'spots' . . 260 



Whilst ' spots ' sits on his haunches at the edge of the jungle . 263 

 A large leopard stretched at length along the tree . . .275 



Bringing home a dead leopard . 277 



The large tents looked white and cool against the dark green . 278 



Track of a bear . . 281 



The common black or sloth bear of the plains : A beautiful 



shooting country in the Central Provinces . To face p. 286 



Saw a bear bolting past my machan 294 



A wild dog . . . 297 



Pugs of hyaena . . . 300 



A last evening stroll on a pad elephant ..... 302 



