CONTENTS. 



Shoot a Troublesome Female — A White Calf — Conduct of Herd in Small Enclos- 

 ure — Our Tame Elephants — Amusing Mishap — A Troublesome Tusker — "Jair- 

 am" Vanquishes Him — Capture of a Wild Tusker in the Elephant Lines — Allot- 

 ment of Nine of the New Elephants to Ilis Highness the Maharajah, and Ten to 

 the Madras Commissariat Department — Sale of Twenty-five Elephants — Prolit 

 of the Operations to Government — Results to Myself. .... 101 



CHAPTER XL 



THE BENGAL ELEPHANT-CATCHING ESTABLISHMENT. 



Journey to Dacca — The Ganges— A Tiger on Board a River-Steamer — Appearance of 

 Dacca — Manufactures of Muslin, Silver Jewellery, and Shell Bangles — The Ele- 

 phant Depot or Peelkhdna — System of Elephant-Hunting — A Trip up a Tribu- 

 tary of the Brdhmapootra — Camp — Peculiar Absence of Rock in the Gangetic 

 Delta — Unsuccessful Search for Wild Buffaloes — Change my Ground — A Long 

 Hunt and an Unsuccessful Finish — Better Luck' — Bag Four Buffaloes — Return 

 to Dacca — Despatch Elephants to Chittagong — Kheddah Parties — Arrangements 

 for Supplies whilst Elephant-Hunting in the Forest — Difficulties of the Coun- 

 try — Provision Depot at Rungamuttea — Leave Chittagong for the Jungles — 

 Cholera in Camp — Deserters — Their Punishment. . . . .122 



CHAPTER XIL 



AN ELEPHANT-CATCHING EXPEDITION INTO THE HILL-TEACTS 



OF CHITTAGONG. 



Enter the Hill-Tracts — Endurance of the Men — My Camp Arrangements — Order of 

 March — First Night's Encampment — Precautions against Malaria — Second Day's 

 March — Hillmen — Encampment — Elephants Collecting Fodder — Cookery in the 

 Jungles — Third Day's March — A Difficult Climb — Quicksand — An Elephant Rolls 

 Do^vll a Hillside — Charmed Ducks — A False Alarm — Reach the Chengree River 

 — New Year's Eve — Jungles — Canes — Remarkable Creeper — Novel Fishing — 

 Suddar Ali Surrounds a Herd of Elephants — Kookies — Their Cruelties — March to 

 Jadoogapara — The Stockade — The Drive — Capture Thii-ty-seven Elephants — A 

 Female Almost Takes Me in Rear. ....... 137 



CHAPTER Xin. 



AN ELEPHANT-CATCHING EXPEDITION INTO THE HILL-TRACTS 



OF CHITTAGONG — (contmued). 



A Ghostly Night Visitor— Securing the Wild Elephants— Rildhiipeary— A Vicioua 

 Female Attacks Me— Dangerous Position— Narrow Escape— Return to Gdsban 

 — Meet a Fellow-Country man — Jooma Etiquette — Liquor— We Dine at a Joonia 



