vin CONTENTS. 



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Weather Marching Prosperity of the Country Description of Hindu 

 Eaces in the Valley Abundance of Game Wild-fowl and Snipe 

 Partridge and Quail Shooting- Adventure with a Snake The Black 

 Antelope Methods of Stalking A Solitary Buck The Indian 

 Gazelle Method of Shooting The Nilgai The Hunting Leopard 

 The Wolf Man-killing Wolves Destruction of a Pair "Tinker" 

 and the Wolf Wild Boars The People of the Narbada Valley 

 Gond Labourers The Mhowa Tree Coal Mines Snipe Shooting- 

 Hill Forts Jungle Clearings Forest Animals 34 



CHAPTER III. 



THE MAHADEO HILLS. 



The Mahadeo Mountains Sacred Hills Ascent to Puchmurree Aspect 

 of the Forest Park-like Scenery A Moist Night Solitary Snipe 

 Description of the Plateau Fine Views The Denwa Valley The 

 Andeh K6h Legends of the Place Ancient Eemains The Great 

 Eavine The Sonbhadra Gorge The Great Eed Squirrel A Hill 

 Chief Caprice of the Hill-men Their System of Tillage Destruction 

 of the Forests Incursions of Wild Animals Gond Legend Dense 

 Jungles Eestlessness of the Aborigines Their Precarious Livelihood 

 Produce of the Jungles The Seeding of the Bamboo Scarcity in 

 the Hills Bunjara Carriers Project a Forest Lodge Find Lime 

 The Indian Bison His Habits and Eange Growth of his Horns A 

 Grand Hunt Kill a Stag Sambar A Bull shot by the Thakur 

 Power of the Bison A Hill Tiger -A Mother's Defence Description 

 of Gonds and Korkus A Midnight Eevel The Wild Men are con- 

 ciliated We teach them to Build and Plough The D6nwa Sal 

 Forest The Twelve-tined Deer Jungle-fowl Spur-fowl Gazelles 

 and Hares Fire-hunting by Night Bears and Panthers A trouble- 

 some Panther Fox-hunting at Puchmurree Bison-Stalking A 

 Brace of Bulls Tracking the Bison A Hard Day's Work Death 

 of the Bull 81 



CHAPTER IV. 



THE ABOEIGINAL TEIBES. 



Interest of the Subject An Historical Parallel Influence of contact with 

 Hinduism Mixed Eaces The Bajgonds The Korkus the Bhilalas 

 Introduction of Caste Difficulties of Investigation Meagreness of 

 Aboriginal Languages Gond Legends Eeligion of the Gonds 



