LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



FACING PAGE 



A TIGER DANCE Frontispiece 



A MUCH-PRIZED TROPHY 34 



THE "BADMASH" 37 



THE NIGHT'S BAG 88 



ALIVE TO TELL THE TALE 103 



TIFFIN IN THE JUNGLE 125 



SOME OF THE CROWD 135 



MY " MACHAN " * . . .151 



TEA GARDEN COOLIES 159 



THE TROPHY FOUND 172 



A CONFABULATION 175 



AN ARDENT SPORTSMAN 179 



SKINNING AN IBEX 183 



WAITING TO BE LOADED 186 



" ALL THAT WAS LEFT OF THEM " 194 



" SHIKARIS " AND TROPHIES 206 



THE "THARU" AND HIS CHARGE 213 



RELAXATION 218 



AN ENCAMPMENT 225 



NEWS OF A MAN-EATER 230 



AN INDIAN WILD PIG 236 



FOUND DEAD . 242 



Two USEFUL MEMBERS OF THE FORCE 256 



THE SLAYERS AND THE SLAIN .,,,.... 260 



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