Contents. 



dimensions. ** Away with melancholy." Chineah's reconnaissance 

 and bag. Our open council. Jungle harmony. Our proceedings 

 and plan for the morrow. The turn-out. The start. A hard fag. 

 A fresh trail of bison struck. Googooloo has the ear of a hare. 

 Two buck-elk and a hind bite the dust. We follow up the bison's 

 trail. Heavy work. Land-leeches. The find. A heavy bag and a 

 good day's work. The gigantic dimensions of the patriarch of the 

 herd. The game bushed. Again en route. A teak-forest. The 

 head of the fall. Magnificent views. Our bivouac .. .. Page 319 



CHAPTER XX, 



THE GEEAT ANNAMULLAY FOEEST, Continued. 

 A EOGUE ELEPHANT. 



Naga's party join us. News of a rogue elephant. Chineah despatched 



for the bison's spoils. B 's luck. The start. We strike a fresh 



trail. Fall in with the tusker. Our proceedings. B 's excel- 

 lent shot. The ivories. A discussion on " rogues." The cutting- 

 out of the tusks. Return to the low country. Arrival of our 



guests. Dinner. B 's adventure of a "griffin." The lion 



and tiger compared. My first lion. We again ascend the ghaut. 

 Good cheer. Consultation. Elephant-spoors. The trail followed 



up. K 's rashness. An escape. A small tusker falls. Return 



to the hut. B 's bag. A storm. Return to cantonment ., 343 



PART II. CIRCASSIA. 



CHAPTER XXI. 



Omer Pacha.- My folio wers. Bashi-Bazouks. Houssain the Arnotit. 

 Ahmed the Koord. AH the Nubian. Mahomed the Arab. Sied 

 Cassim the Dervish. Abdulla the guide. Captain Dymock's grave. 

 Godova. Wild-fowl. A heavy bag. The climate of Circassia. 

 The. inhabitants : their manners, customs, and dress. Circassian 

 women. The Illori chieftain. The "Faithful" and the " forbidden 

 indulgence." Omer Pacha, a humbug. His reputation amongst the 

 Turkish officers. His wound accounted for. His acquisitiveness and 

 plunder. A fearful chase by wolves. The Turkish colonel's ad- 

 vice. Sulleiman Pacha. His purchase. Revolt of the Hareem. 

 The catastrophe and finale . 3G6 



