CONTENTS. 



CHAPTEE L 



SKETCH OP author's HUNTING EXPERIENCES. 



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I Land in Madras — Appointment in Mysore — My First Tiger — Appointed to Super- 

 intend an Experiment for the Capture of Wild Elephants in Mysore — Eesults — 

 Similarly Appointed in Eastern Bengal — Tracts Visited — Capture Eighty-five 

 Elephants — Eeturn to Mysore — Furlough to England — Kemarks. . . .1 



CHAPTEE IL 



THE PROVINCE OP MYSORE. 



Description — Climate — Population — Eevenue — The Late Mahdrdjah — Character of 

 People— Cultivation— Rivers— Chief Towns— Mysore Breed of Draught-Cattle— 

 Seasons. ....••••>• 



CHAPTEE m. 



THE MYSORE JUNGLES. 



Best Seasons for Sport — Movements of Game— Jungle-Fires — Forestry — Natural Classes 

 of Jungle — Distribution of Wild Animals — List of Animals Found in Mysore — 

 Remains of Antiquity — Ruined Villages in the Forests — Ancient Irrigation 

 Works — A Desolated Valley. ....... 9 



