CONTENTS. xiii 



CHAPTER VII. 

 BLACK-BUCK SHOOTING 106 



Black-Buck Shooting Spearing Wounded Antelopes An Un- 

 successful Gallop A Plucky Buck Stalking, and Other Methods 

 of Pursuit Ground Antelope are Found on Snaring My First 

 Black Buck Empty Pockets A Novel Coup-de-Grdce Circum- 

 venting a Wary Herd Strategy A Long Shot at Dusk Curious 

 Effect of a Bullet Chikara, or Ravine -DeerTheir Habitat and 

 Horns Concluding Remarks. 



CHAPTER VIII. 

 SMALL GAME SHOOTING 124 



Small Game Shooting Pea-fowl A Creep through the Jungle 

 Probable Disappointment Pea-fowl Sacred to Hindoos A Shot 

 at Night Spearing a Peacock Ability of Concealment An Upset 

 Best Shot to Use Jungle-fowl Different Species Their Pursuit 

 Large Bags never Made A Beat The Result Amateur Doctor- 

 ing Spur-fowl Their Habitat A Clever Greyhound Spur-fowl 

 Shooting amongst the Coffee in Ceylon. 



CHAPTER IX. 

 WILD FOWL, SNIPE, ETC 139 



Varieties of Wild-fowl Hindoo Legends Native Mode of Captur- 

 ing Wild-fowl Munchur Jheel Solitary Snipe Pintailed, Painted, 

 and Jack Snipe Black, Painted, and Grey Partridge Quail A 

 ' Family ' Shot Mixed Bag Variety of Game at Delhi. 



CHAPTER X. 

 TIGER-SHOOTING 153 



Tiger-shooting Expenses of Camp Equipage Preliminary Ar- 

 rangements' Hailas ' Ringing the Tiger The Beat Following 

 up wounded Tigers Precautions to be Taken My first Tiger 



