CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER I. 



An old muzzle-loader — Hindu-Koh — Himalayan scenery and 

 sport — Juvenile wild sports — Wild sheep and gazelles — Start 

 for the mountains — Simla — Deodar cedar forests — Rhododen- 

 dron-trees — The snowy range in prospect — Crossing a "jula" 

 — Mussoorie — Dehra Doon — An interview with some of its 

 wild denizens — Hurdwar — The holy fair there, and one of its 

 consequences — The Terai — Nynee Tal — Arrive at Shore, 



CHAPTER II. 



Outpost of Shore — The Thal^il — A haunted house — What hap- 

 pened in it — Himalayan black bear — A bear-hunt — Bear- 

 shooting in the oak-trees — The sloth-bear — A she-bear to the 

 rescue — Result of a practical joke — Village beehives — Tiger- 

 charms — A tiger tale — Fables about Bruin — Where to hit him, 



CHAPTER III. 



The mahseer — Monster fish taken with the rod — The mahseer 

 compared with the salmon — Salmonidoe never found in India 

 — A fishing-river in the Himalayas — The Surjoo valley — Its 

 wild denizens — The jurrow — Barking-deer — The Goorkha 

 " kookerie " — Tempting Providence — A damp couch — Jurrow- 

 hunting under difficulties — A heavy fish lost — The way we in- 

 veigled the wily mahseer — Jungle fare — Dense morning mists 



