CONTENTS 



The wild boar excepted — Uncertainty — The fascination of Indian 

 sport — An unexpected meeting with a bear — Bagged — Capture the 

 cub— Becomes quite tame in time — Walking out with the dogs- — A 

 leopard adventure in Bengal — Shooting for the pot — A partridge 

 shot — Retrieving the bird — Sudden appearance of a leopard — 

 Changing cartridges — Leopard dropped but still alive — Attempts 

 to charge — No more ball cartridge— On the horns of a dilemma — 

 My orderly's ingenuity — An extemporized projectile — Complete 

 success 



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CHAPTER XI 



Take three months' leave — A shooting trip to Central Provinces — A fine 

 shooting country — Local Shikaris — A monster tiger bagged — Hear 

 of many bears — Sitting up at night — A great fusillade — Surprising 

 result — My feat with a -360 — Hitting the right spot — A fine bison 

 brought to bag — Stalking a herd — Within tian yards of a bull — A 

 tempting shot—Taking a risk — The '860 scores again — Astonishing 

 my friend — A remarkable performance — Small bores not suitable for 

 big game — Exceptional cases — The Indian bison — Where to bo 

 found — Average size of — General appearance— Description of the 

 horns — Difference between bulls and cows — Difficult to approach — 

 Solitary bulls — Savage and morose — Stalking two bulls — Risking a 

 shot — " Missed " — A long chase — Come upon them at last — Off 

 again — Another long chase — Found once more — A right and left — 

 Doubt as to result — Following up — A pleasing surprise — Both foimd 

 dead — Camping out for the night — A favourite resort for bison — 

 Encounter with a solitary bull — The first shot — Following up 

 tracks— A determined charge — Effects of an 8-bore — Why solitary 

 bulls are savage — Dangerous not only to sportsmen — Exucllod from 

 herds — Solitary wild elephants and buffalo .80 



CHAPTER XII 



The Indian wild buffalo — Its sise, appearance and habitat — Dangers 

 in tracking them up — An encounter with a solitary ball — A shot 

 with lO-boro rifl&— Hit but not disabled— At bay— Effects of a 

 second shot — Threatening to charge — A timely shot — Floored — A 

 herd encountered — Selecting the bull — Badly nit bat makes off — 

 Found lying up— Dead or alive? — The question anexpeotedly 

 solved — The advantage of being prepared — A shot in the chest — 

 The last gallop — Baffalo shooting a dangerous pastime— Poor 

 troDhies as a role— The Indian bear— A terror to the DatiT»— Attack 

 witnoat provocation — Many victims — Bears oncertain In temper — 

 Effects of feeding on intoxicating berries — Dvagsroos to ftiirli 

 Vwrr tonaoioos of Ufe— Slse and gMMnl ^ppearaiw Whsw foand 

 —The bast plan for bear shooting— -TlieT afford good spoci— Two 

 narrow escapes — An exciting advennire— No rocnn for two to pass — 

 A lucky sboi — The non-dangeroos big game of India — Tint m sias 

 and Importanoe — ^The sambar — Some desorlptlon of this animal — A 

 good head— A fine trophy— The hara^^ng or swamp dear— lis 

 rssemblanoe to the red deer— The ehetol or spotted da^^— Tba 

 bandywMrt of the deer tribe— The barking deer^The moase and 

 hog dMT dMoribed S7 



