CONTENTS. 



" kookerie " Tempting Providence A damp couch Jurrow- 

 hunting under difficulties A heavy fish lost The way we 

 inveigled the wily mahseer Jungle fare Dense morning 

 mists A forenoon's sport in the Surjoo Best months and 

 best flies for mah seer-fishing in the Himalayan rivers Fishing 

 theories The kalabans Collecting catechu, . . .28 



CHAPTER IV. 



Delightful climate Start for Dhuj "Baloo Mar," the village 

 Nimrod The gooral, or " Himalayan chamois " Albino 

 gooral A strange coincidence Up Dhuj Sunrise over the 

 snowy range Game in sight "Buck fever" and its usual 

 result Kill a buck Kalleege pheasants Camp-fire yarns 

 "Wild pigs The cheer pheasant Singular effect of morning 

 mist Securing a troublesome specimen A bold intruder 

 The koklass pheasant and the pewra partridge A chance 

 shot in the dim moonlight Baloo ! Almost too close to be 

 pleasant The surrow A drive for jurrow Village curs 

 Wild dogs A cruel lesson, . . . . .41 



CHAPTER V. 



A "dirty" way of killing jurrow An artificial salt-lick Old 

 Jeetoo Watch for a leopard "We try a ruse An airy night's 

 lodging An exciting moment Bad luck Jeetoo tries to 

 propitiate the mountain spirit A splendid stag Tracking 

 Shooting at night A sight for night- work A carrion-eating 

 tiger We watch for him A man-eater leopard A hunt after 

 a feline demon, ..... 57 



CHAPTER VI. 



Start for the higher ranges The Chipla mountain The tahr 

 Its flesh and bones used as medicine An enormous wild cat 

 " Peepsa " flies Agriculture and agriculturists on the higher 

 ranges Wild men of the woods Their manners and customs 

 An Adam and Eve of the period My first day's sport on 

 the Chipla A picturesque bivouac Exorcising an evil spirit 

 A long and weary climb Beautiful rhododendrons Horned 

 argus-pheasant We try a stalk for pork An uncomfortable 

 bed, and the way we improved it Moonal pheasants Bad 

 ground An awkward climb Two dangerous experiments 



