CONTENTS 



being robbed or murdered — A clever thief — Carelessness of native 

 syces — An example — Pony trap adventure — Both reins unbuckled — 

 Pony bolts with cart — Two helpless women — A railway level crossing 

 — Charging the gates — A smash — Advantages of being a heavy 

 weight — Lying insensible on the line — A train approaching — 

 Agonizing suspense — A miraculous escape — The distracted husband 

 — Well-merited castigation — Driving accidents not uncommon in 

 India — Partially trained horses — Amateur horse-breaking — Imple- 

 ments used — Home-made, but useful — The break — Ramshackle con- 

 trivance — A haphazard system — Dangerous vices engendered — 

 Bolting and shying — I fall a victim to the latter — More native 

 carelessness — A coronation celebration — Arranging for a royal 

 salute — An ancient weapon found — Volunteer gunners — Loading 

 the weapon — The supreme moment arrives — The salute is fired — 

 Direful results — A tragic ending 



CHAPTER XXVIII 



A veteran police inspector — Some of his exploits — Tulia Naik — A famous 

 dacoit leader — Small beginnings — First arrest — Escapes from his 

 escort — Forms a gang — A terror to the neighbourhood — Baffles the 

 police — Inspector on his track — The tables turned — Captures the 

 inspector — A drinking bout — The inspector's opportunity — A clever 

 re-arrest — Convicted — An apparent reformation — Return to crime 



— Final surrender — Transported for life — Sir F S r — A 



notable police officer — Rising of the Bhils — Babajee their leader — 



His arrest attempted — Refusal to surrender — Captain H of the 



police shot dead — Escape of the gang — Subsequent pursuit — Sir 



F S r in command — The gang marked down — Disguised as 



a native — Babajee found bathing — Captured in the water by Sir 



F S r — A remarkable achievement — Many of the gang 



secured — Importance of the capture — Compliment paid to the 

 police — Relation between the military and police — Commissioner 

 of Police, Bombay — A lakh of rupees offered as a bribe — The offer 



indignantly refused — Strange action of the Government — Sir F 



S r and an American globe-trotter — His anxiety to see the man 



who had refused so large a bribe — Enquires if true I — His astonish- 

 ment when convinced — " Guess you Britishers will keep India ! " . 



CHAPTER XXIX 



Small-game shooting in India — The season for this sport — Snipe offers 

 best sport — Arrival of these birds — Two varieties of true snipe — 

 Other kinds, the jack and painted snipe — Migratory birds — Large 

 bag can be made — Quail — SmaU charges and 20-bore preferable 

 ■ — River and bush quail — Partridges — Three kinds — Painted, grey, 

 and black — The last best for table — Sand-grouse — Strong on the 

 wing — Floriken finest game bird in India — Peculiar habit of the 

 cock — Native explanation — Very plentiful in places — Indian bustard 

 — A huge bird — Good sport for rook rifle — Peafowl and Indian 

 plover — Ortalon, too small for sport — Snared i by natives — Excellent 

 eating — Wild-fowl — Many kinds — Found on tanks — Very numerous 



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