CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER PAGE 



I. INTRODUCTION . . . . i 



II. THE INDIAN BISON . . . 10 



III. BISON SHOOTING . . . 26 



IV. REMINISCENCES OF BISON SHOOTING . 43 

 V. HINTS TO BEGINNERS IN BISON SHOOTING . . 68 



VI. THE WILD BUFFALO, THE YAK, AND THE TSINE . 88 



VII. THE TIGER . . . ... 97 



VIII. TIGER SHOOTING IN SOUTHERN INDIA, WITH ADVICE 



TO BEGINNERS . . . . 109 



IX. INCIDENTS IN TIGER SHOOTING . . .138 



X. THE PANTHER, HUNTING CHEETAH, CLOUDED 



LEOPARD, SNOW LEOPARD, AND INDIAN LION . 170 



XI. THE CHIEF BEARS OF INDIA . ... 197 



XII. THE INDIAN ELEPHANT, AND NOTES FOR BEGINNERS 



IN ELEPHANT SHOOTING . ... 206 



XIII. EPISODES IN ELEPHANT SHOOTING . . . 228 



XIV. THE DEER OF INDIA AND THE HIMALAYAS . . 244 

 XV. THE NILGIRI WILD GOAT, OR IBEX OF SOUTHERN 



INDIA . . . ... 267 



XVI. BRIEF NOTES ON THE WILD GOATS OF CASHMERE 



AND LADAK . . ... 292 



XVII. SOME BRIEF NOTES ON THE WILD SHEEP OF INDIA 



AND THE HIMALAYAS . ... 307 



XVIII. THE ANTELOPES AND GAZELLES OF INDIA AND THE 



HIMALAYAS . . ... 316 



XIX. THE RHINOCEROTID^E AND SUID.E OF INDIA . . 339 



XX. POACHERS AND NUISANCES . ... 346 



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