CONTENTS 



CHAPTER III 



PAQE 



Leave Malegown for Khandesh — Appointed Assistant Political Agent 

 and Adjutant Bhil Police Corps — My chief — A fine old sportsman 

 — Air-guns dangerous at times — A marvellous performance — Some 

 reminiscences of my early youth — An accommodating tutor — 

 Questionable justice — My headquarters in Khandesh — A palatial 

 residence — Description of my duties — A banyan tree tribunal — 

 Some accounts of the Bhils, their belief in witchcraft — Omens and 

 superstitions, love of sport — Legend of their origin — Life in the 

 station — Christmas camps — Running amok — A thrilling experience 

 — Shooting a Havildar — My first tiger — A description of the beast 

 — Rejoicings in camp — An unselfish sportsman — Efficiency of a 

 •500 Rigby Express rifle — The best weapon in those days for tigers 

 — Diversity of opinion as to rifles — Various weapons or projectiles 

 used by well-known sportsmen — To be judged by results — Best 

 rifles for soft-skinned and heavy game described in next chapter . . 16 



CHAPTER IV 



Some talk about rifles for big game — Efficiency of small bores doubtful 

 — Selous on this subject — Knowledge of anatomy— An important 

 factor — A quotation from Sanderson — An advocate for heavy 

 weapons — Rifles recommended — Sir Samuel Baker's opinion — 

 Experiments I have made — Various projectiles used with results — 

 Some rifles I have used — Apology for digression — Narrative resmned 

 — The district of Khandesh described — How the Bhils were civilized 

 — The necessity for a local and special officer — His duties — Experi- 

 ence, how gained — The origin of the office of Tiger Slayer — Cattle 

 and human beings destroyed by tigers — Khandesh a stronghold of 

 wild beasts — Special body of hunters from Bhil Corps — Government 

 elephants — Useful to shoot off or as beaters 23 



CHAPTER V 



A description of my Shikaris — A reliable quartette — The mid man of 

 the woods — A true Aborigine — My first introduction to him — The 

 palaver — Brother Shikaris — Become the best of friends — His 

 progress in life — The tiger, and how to get him — The best season 

 for tiger shooting — Baiting the jungles — Looking up the baits — 

 Tracking by footprints — Stops on trees — The drive — Monkeys and 

 peacocks as guides — Random shooting to be avoided — Following up 

 a wounded tiger — Dangerous but necessary — Precautions to be 

 taken — The art of tracking — How to be acquired — Difficult at first 

 — Hyena or panther — How a tiger can be distinguished from a 

 tigress — An adventure on the Satpuda hills — A tigress and her cubs 

 — Arranging the beat — The tigress viewed — A beater charged — 

 Seeks refuge in a tree — Seized by the leg — I go to the rescue — The 

 wounded man sent into camp — Tigress takes cover — Refuses to 

 come out — We attack her in her stronghold — A furious charge and 

 subsequent retreat — Darkness sets in — We leave her for the night . 80 



