XIV CONTENTS. 



* CHAPTER XXIT. 



TTGER-SHOOTING IX SOUTHERN INDIA — {continued). 



A Griffins' Exploit — A Netted Tigress — Our Narrow Escape — A Small Boy's Adven- 

 ture with a Tiger — A Visitor Welcome at any Hour — News from Ponjoor — A 

 Tigi-ess Resists Bommay Gouda's Researches — I Assist in Pursuing Investiga- 

 tions — The Cause of Her Contumacy — Shoot Her on Foot — A Courageous Cub — 

 Bommay Gouda's "Worthless Son — A Timid Ti^press— "Wound Her — A Marker 

 Tree'd — Look for the Tigress on Foot — A Close Interview— ■\\^e Retire Gracefully 

 — A Dead Tiger comes to Life and Escapes — A Night- Watch — Kill the Tigress — 

 A Cautious Tigress — Moonlight Scene — Shoot the Would-be Destroyer — Jackals 

 at a Carcass — The Tiger's Arrival — A Warm Reception — Search for the Wounded 

 Tiger on Foot by Moonlight — Recover Him. . . . . • 314 



CHAPTER XXIII. 



THE PANTHER, LEOPARD, AND CHEETA OR HUNTING-LEOPARD, 



The Difference between the Panther, Leopard, and Cheeta or Hunting-Leopard — Dis- 

 tinguishing Marks — The Black Leopard — Habits and Disposition of the Panther 

 and Leopard — The Cheeta or Hunting-Leopard — Dr Jerdon and General Shak- 

 spear's Descriptions — Antelope-Coursing with the Cheeta. . . . 327 



CHAPTER XXIV. 



SPORT WITH PANTHERS AND LEOPARDS. 



My First Introduction to the Panther — The Shravana Balagola Image — A Nocturnal 

 Visitor — A Large Panther at Muddoor — "Unsuccessful Hunts after Him — Bag Him 

 at Last — Two Panthers near Ramanhully — Their Stronghold — Drive Them — In a 

 Bush \vith the Panthers — Shoot One — Hints about Posting Markers — The Torreas 

 of Mysore — News of a Large Panther — His Haunts — Jaffer's Diplomacy — Hunt 

 the Panther — An Obtrusive Boar — The Panther turns Rust}- — Wounds a Beater 

 — Escapes to Another Stronghold — We Attack Him therein — Three more Men 

 Clawed — The Panther Escapes — Shoot a Female Panther and Capture Her Cubs — 

 Intractability of Panther-Cubs — A Pig-Hunt — A Night Raid into Camp by a 

 Panther— She Carries off Old Rosie — Prompt Pursuit — Rosie's Escape — Shoot the 

 Panther. .......... 333 



CHAPTER XXV. 



SPORT WITH PANTHERS AND LEOPARDS — {continued). 



News of a Panther and Two Leopards— Shikarie Subba— A Friend's 111 Luck- 

 Tlie MiderhuUy Garden — Arrange Plans for Driving the Pantlier and Leopards- 



