CONTENTS. xv 



by a Panther Tigers' and Panthers' Mode of Devouring their Prey 

 Start for the other Kill Mistakes The Tiger Roused My 

 Folly Bad Luck with a Boar A Chapter of Accidents. 



CHAPTER XIV. 

 ABOUT SOME DEER 225 



The Poetry of Sport Long Shots to be Avoided Varieties of 

 Deer Sambur Beating Stalking Amongst the Sewalik Hills 

 The Twelve-tined Deer Spotted Deer Their Habits An Im- 

 aginary Stalk A Wounded Stag shows Fight Good Bag out of a 

 Herd Riding down Spotted Deer Para, or Hog-deer Shoot One 

 in a Snipe Jheel The Muntjak Description Their curious Bark 

 4 Paloo' A Shot in the Hills Jungle Fare The Four-horned 

 Antelope D escription. 



CHAPTER XV. 

 WILD DOGS AND HYENAS 259 



Wild Dogs Description A Jungle Course Native Belief in 

 Wild Dogs killing Tigers Their supposed Method of Doing so 

 Deserted Temples Wild Dogs attacking Tiger Curious Scene on 

 the Neilgherries The Madras Hounds run with a Panther The 

 Kill Names of Hounds ' Evangeline ' ' Hawk-eye's' Description 

 of Sanibur Hunted by Wild Dogs The Striped Hyaena Spearing 

 Hyaenas A Startling Adventure Relief ! Cowardice of Hyaenas 

 A Hyaena ' Leaps before he Looks ' A Mixed Bag. 



CHAPTER XVI. 



ON RIFLES, GROUND AND OUTFIT . . . 277 



India as a Field for Sport Comparison with other Countries 

 Indian v. African Sport Where to Go Cost of a Shikar Trip- 

 Rifles and Guns best Adapted for Indian Sport Outfit Arrange- 

 ments for Supplies Beaters to be Paid Personally Conclusion. 



INDIAN SPORTING SONGS . . 295 



