CONTENTS 



CHAPTER XIII 



PAOS 



Indian antelope — Black -buck the best known — Where found — Descrip- 

 tion, habits, etc. — Rifle recommended — The Indian gazelle — The 

 gazelle or chinkara — Its peculiar call — The four-horned antelope — 

 Flesh uneatable — The Nil Ghi — IMeaning of the name — Ibex or 

 wild goat of Asia Minor — A stalk described — Rolling down a 

 precipice — Ibex driving in Afghanistan — Posted to Sholapur — No 

 big game — Pig-sticking — The sport described — A comparison — A 

 boar described — Its formidable weapon — How used — Riding for 

 first spear — Keen competition — The pig-sticking spear — Spears 

 used in Bombay and Madras — The short spear of Bengal — Blades — 

 Varieties in shape of — Horses best suited for the sport — Cunning of 

 the boar — Its courage and determination — A formidable foe — Some 

 runs described — The secret of success — Full speed a necessity — A 

 sport sui generis — I lose a favourite terrier from hydrophobia — 

 Two servants bitten — Apparently none the worse — A tragic sequel — 

 Both men die of hydrophobia — No clue as to how the dog was 

 bitten — The danger of owning pugnacious terriers — Village curs 

 dangerous to fight with 95 



CHAPTER XIV 



A lack of amusement — Fishing on the lake — Good sport — Snake charm- 

 ing — A performance described — " Music hath charms " — Discordant 

 but fascinating — Lured out of a well — A marvellous performance — 

 Removing poisonous fangs — The hamadryad — Its rapidity of move- 

 ment — A friend's experience — Hatching the eggs — A male mother 

 — The nest found — A rare specimen — The insatiable collector — The 

 biter bit — The snake stone — Method of using it — The cure effected 

 — An heirloom — Purging the stone — A narrow escape — Rough on 

 the fishing-rod — A snake in the hall — Prompt measures — Taking 

 the bull by the horns — A strange protest — Posted to Shikapur — 

 Its evil reputation — The hottest place in India — How we keep cool 

 at night — Sand-flies and mosquitoes — Sand storms — No regular 

 rainfall — A change to Sukkur — Cold weather — Short and severe — 

 Wild-fowl in plenty — Pleasant days at Khairpur — An old-time 

 chieftain — A sportsman over seventy — Wild shooting — Ali Murad 

 and his falcons — -A day's hawking — Well-trained birds — An old 

 reprobate — Curious way of fishing 103 



CHAPTER XV 



After furlough— Posted to Bijapur— A city of the dead— Tomb as 

 official residence — Mosque with whispering gallery — A dome larger 

 than St. Paul's — My tomb-house — Its advantage and drawbacks — 

 Plague and famine — My next station — The sacred city of Nasik — 

 On plague duty — High-handedness and extortion — Discontent 

 — Riot and murder— Victims of the plague— Dacoities and sedition 

 — Police measures — A robber chief — His formidable gang — Baffles 

 the police — A police post attacked — Pursuit — A havildar and his 



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