340 THE WILDERNESS AND JUNGLE 



Mahout, 60, 66, 67, 277 ; res- 

 cued from tiger by elephant, 



97 



Mammoth, Siberian, 58 



Man-eater, Evolution of the, 

 104-7 ; scarce in Nilgiris, 

 1 06 ; sex of, 1 06 



Man-eaters of Tsavo, The, 107, 

 251 



Maneless lions, 150 



Mangrove swamps, Animal life 

 in the, 31 



Markhor, Horns of the, 83 



Marsh Deer, 237 



" Maximus " wrongly applied 

 to the Indian elephant, 52 



Mthari (swift camel), 285 



Mesmerising tigers, 117 



Mesopotamia, Lions in, 95 



Mhow, Elephant executed at, 54 



Migrations, Animal, 38, 85, 86 



Miramichi, The River, 27 



Mistakes made by animals, 109 



Moffatt (narrow escape from 

 cobra and lion), 246 



Molony, Lieut, (mauled by lion), 

 252 



Mongoose, Tactics of the, 140 



Monkeys betray the where- 

 abouts of big game, 150; 

 preyed on by tigers, 108; by 

 leopards, no 



Moose, Calling, 221-3 '> disturb- 

 ing a, 29 ; evicted by white- 

 tailed deer, 223 ; food of, 220 ; 

 identical with European elk, 

 220 ; poached in summer 

 months, 220 



Morgan, Prof. Lloyd (quoted), 

 109 



Mosquitoes in Newfoundland, 

 216 



Mountain transport, Elephants 

 used for, 279 ; yaks for, 288 



Mule deer, Range of, 227 



Muntjac as a pet, 133 ; teeth of, 



133 

 Murray, Colonel (quoted), 249 



Murray, Major (quoted), 257 

 Musk ox, Method of hunting, 



217 



"Must" in elephants, 61 

 Mysore, Elephant shooting in, 



63 



Nandi lion-hunters, 243 

 Nansen, Sledge-dogs used by, 



291 



Nature-teaching, 10, n 

 Neave, Mr. (killed by a sloth 



bear), 261 

 Negro, Ways of the, 14, 148, 151, 



276, 277,296,307,319 

 Nepal, Rhinoceros in, 73 

 "Never Never," the, 37 

 Neumann, Mr. Arthur (gored by 



an elephant), 256, 320 

 New Brunswick, Game laws of, 



328 

 Newfoundland, Mosquitoes in, 



216 



"Nile-horse," 187 

 Nilgiris, Game laws in the, 329 



Okapi, Discovery of the, 147 

 Oswell (tossed by black and 



white rhinoceros), 246 

 Otter trained to catch fish, 295 

 Outram, Sir James (adventure 



with a tiger), 117 

 Ovis ammon and O. poli, 83 



Panther afraid of wild boar, 75 ; 



and hyena sharing same cave, 



129 ; on a railway, 47 

 Park, Mungo, 146 

 Patterson, Colonel, 10 

 Peary, Sledge-dogs used by, 291 

 Penang, Crocodiles on the 



coast of, 144 



Penguins, Fearlessness of, 273 

 Persia, Lions in, 95 

 Pet animals, So, 132, 133, 136, 



274 



Pigsticking, 74, So 

 Pioneer Mail (quoted), 128, 259 



