

CONTENTS. 



CHAPTEK I. 



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 Embark for India. — Land at Calcutta. — Determine to keep a 

 Journal. — The plan thereof. — Chinsurah. — Calcutta. — Sheik 

 Ibrahim. — Horse-dealing. — Shooting ou the march. — Meerut. — 

 Leave of absence. — Start for the Himalayas. — Deyrah Dhoon. 

 — Major Mayne. — Shooting in the Dhoon. — An accident. — The 

 first tiger. — Hurdwar. — The great fair. — Beautiful scenery. — 

 Cliunda Gh§.t. — Tiger. — Deer. — Return to Devrah. ... 1 



CHAPTEK II. 



Depai-ture from the Dhoon. — The Himalayas. — Laudour. — Phaidee. 

 — Bala. — The Kakur, or barking deer. — Why so called. — Its 

 habits. — Singular noise. — The Valley of the Ganges. — Do- 

 rassoo. — Beautiful scenery. — A Julah, or suspension-bridge. — 

 Mr. Wilson. — Collection of birds and skins. — Hard work and 

 difficult walking. — Tahir. . — Himalayan forests. — Tahir de- 

 scribed. — The Gerow. — Eain and snow drive us from Benara. — 

 A tiger's track. — After-dinner conversation. — Wilson's story. — 

 A night adventure with a tigress .14 



CHAPTEK 111. 



Move higher up the Valley. — The Kilta. — Hilgah. — Gooral, the 

 Himalayau chamois. — Its hauuts and habits. — Bengallee. — 

 Beautiful forest. — A lazv set. — Tahir-shootiiig. — A fruitless 



