INTRODUCTION. 



THE tales that follow are simply successful days and others culled 

 from my diaries and notebooks, as specimens of what anyone may 

 expect in Northern India. I never went in for howdah or jungle 

 shooting, because my means were small and opportunities rare, 

 but any who want tales of that kind may read with advantage the 

 various works by Forsyth, Saunderson, Kinloch, and Sterndale. 

 For Himalayan shooting in particular, read Kinloch's, Baldwin's, 

 and Ward's ; they are all most interesting. 



I divided my tales into two series ; one with the '450 single, 

 and the other with the *500 double Express, so that there may be 

 some comparison of the powers of the two bores by anyone who 

 wishes to satisfy himself as to which he prefers. As I have already 

 stated on page 3, I would now choose a double *450 magnum 

 Express, provided my means would admit of such a weapon from 

 our best makers. 



