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at bull Kill him Bullet strikes horn Another day 

 in Currian Sholah Wound a bull Am charged by 

 herd A useful shot Knock over another bull First 

 bull dies Perrincudavoo Shoot two bison Elephant 

 tracking Shoot cow bison Wound big bull Tiger 

 kills him Shoot another bull On short commons 

 Curried jmonkey Mahseer B/eturn to Toonacudavoo 

 Poolakul again Charged by cow Fire at bogus 

 bison Leave the Annamullays Trip to Wynaad 

 Bandipore Prevalence of fever Shoot large bull 

 Salt licks Shooting herd bison Big bores 

 necessary ... ... ... ... ... page 133 



CHAPTER XI. 

 THE ELEPHANT (Elepkas Indicm}. 



Distribution of Shooting prohibited in 1871 Damage 

 caused by Reward formerly offered for Elephant 

 pits Rogue elephants Dangers of elephant shooting 

 Where to aim Large bores desirable Steel tipped 

 bullets Major Gordon Cumming System inaugurated 

 by Advantage of learning jungle dialects Start with 

 Cumming to shoot elephants Scene of operations 

 Commencement of encounter One tusker killed A 

 stern chase A record shot Narrow shave Death of 

 second tusker Tusks disfigured Beat for sambur 

 Routed by cow elephant Return to Bangalore 

 Baffled Sybarites How to scare a herd Woodcraft 

 Differences between habits of elephants and bison . . . 154 



CHAPTER XII. 

 THE ELEPHANT (Elepkas Indices). 



Expedition to Thandi Scarcity of water Cicely 

 Expedition to Perrabyoo Our hut wrecked by 

 elephants We get a facer Flight of the herd 

 Carders fear of elephants Aversion to tracking 

 Staunch with tiger Track up tiger The Javalee 

 tuskers Two exciting adventures Elephant tracking 

 Solitary males Their habits Strike trail of 



