342 THE WILDERNESS AND JUNGLE 



Seton-Karr, Sir H. (quoted), 

 24,25, 26,63, 156,225 



Sharpe, Mr. Reginald (quoted), 

 208 



Sheep, Domestication of the, 

 273,275; wild, 83, 217 



" Ship of the desert," 283 



Sledge-dogs and Eskimo chil- 

 dren, 277, 291 



Sleeping Sickness, Ravages of, 



147 



Sloth bear as a pet, 136; food of, 

 136; inappropriate name of, 



135 



Snake-charmers, 141 



Snakes, Venom of, 140 



Snow-leopard, 127 



Society for the Preservation of 

 the Wild Faunaof the Empire, 

 12 



Somali herdsman a fighter, 276 



South America poor in big 

 game, 234 



Spain, Camels in, 287, 296; 

 game laws of, 324 



Sport, The freedom of, 14 



Squirrel and rook, Fight be- 

 tween, in 



Stags, Duels between, 170 



Steinbok, Courage of the, 207 



Steller's Sea-cow, Extermina- 

 tion of, 314 



Stevenson - Hamilton, Major 

 (quoted), 306, 319 



Stigand, Capt. (killed by 

 leopard), 260 



Stromboom (encounter with 

 giraffe), 193 



Suakin Field Force, 287 



Sunderbunds, Tiger-shooting in 

 the, 116 



Swamp-deer (see Barasingh) 



Sweden, Elk in, 88 



Swiss Lake Dwellings, Evi- 

 dences of the, 271 



Switzerland, Game laws of, 324 



Sword-hunters, Arab, 16 



Syria, Tame buffaloes in, 277 



Talbot, Major (quoted), 87, 1 10, 



141,257 



Taming, Meaning of, 274 

 Tangier, Pigsticking near, 74 

 Teale, Mr. (killed and eaten by 



a lion), 251 

 Thomson, Mr. (tossed by a 



buffalo), 262 

 Thomson- Seton, Mr. (quoted), 



288 



Tibet, 50, 84 

 Tiger, able to climb, 112 ; and 



swim, 1 14, 

 , Adventures with, 258, 259 



as pet, 132 



, Cowardice of, 1 1 5 



cubs taken alive, 120 

 , Destructiveness of, 13 

 , Food of, 103 



in the Sunderbunds, 116 



killed by unarmed native, 

 119 ; with spear and dagger, 

 117 



, Lion compared with, 97 

 s method of catching mon- 

 keys, 108 ; and of eating 

 victim, 128 

 , Mesmerising a, 117 



routed by elephant, 96 



shooting in Mysore, 121 

 , Sportsmen killed by, 257 

 s, two, at one shot, 126 

 "Tiger-cry" of the jackal, 



"3 



Todas and their buffaloes, 277 

 Transvaal, Extermination of big 

 game in the, 318 ; Game Re- 

 serve, 306 

 Travancore, Elephant-shooting 



in, 63 



Travel, Easy conditions of mo- 

 dern, 44 



Trophies, Greed for, 332 

 Tsavo, Man-eating lions at, 107, 



152 



Tsetse-fly, The, 147, 309 

 Turkey, Game laws of, 324 ; 

 Treatment of horses in, 289 



