CONTENTS. 



PART I -INDIA. 



SECTION I.— THE DECCAN. 



CHAPTER I. 



HTDBABAD. — MY FIRST DAY's DEER-STALKING. 



Leave of absence obtained. — My mentor. — Departure. — Abdulla- 

 ben-Ali, the Killidar. — A Banian. — The hill-fort of Bhoonghir. 

 — Old cannon. — Native hospitality. — Visions of deer. — The 

 start. — Plenty of "slots," but no deer. — The sambur described. 

 — His habits. — A deer-stalker's qualifications. — Hints. — The 

 trail. — Walter's companion. — ^Tracking. — The sambur's in- 

 stinct. — The bark of a buck-elk. — The game in view. — An 

 anxious moment. — My first stag. — Two harts die, a third hard 

 hit. — The chase. — Ponto brings him to bay. — A good shot. 

 — Return to camp, ..... Page 1 



CHAPTER II. 



HOG-UUNTING IN THE DECCAN. 



The fortress of Golconda.— The Tombs of the Kings. — The 

 gardens. — Persian inscriptions. — The gathering. — Plan of 



