CONTEXTS. IX 



PAGE 



Deer."— A Day's Sport.— Fifteen Gazelles and a Nil-Gai.— The 

 Sasiu Antelope or " Black Buck." — Animal Pests — Another Hunt 

 with Major Ross. ^Interesting Sport. — A Narrow Escape. — A 

 Stern Chase at Mid-day. — Eight Antelopes Gathered in. — A Holi- 

 day at Agra. — The Taj Mehal, of course. — Taj-struck Travellers. — 

 The Trees of the North- West Provinces 69-82 



CHAPTER YIII. 



BENARES, CALCUTTA, AND MADRAS. 



The Monkey Temple. — Sacred Animals. — The Fakir. — The Hindoos 

 as Beast Worshippers. — A Beastial Religion. — From Benares to 

 Calcutta. — The Hot Season. — "Punkahs and Tatties." — Depart- 

 ure for Madras. — The Hoogly River. — Sailor Anatomists.— The 

 Hoogly Channel. — Madras. — A Seaport without a Harbor. — Two 

 Years of Drought. — A Famine-stricken City. — A Paternal Govern- 

 ment. — The Madras Museum. — Another Language and another 

 Servant 83-62 



CHAPTER IX. 



THE NEILGHERRY HILLS. 



The "Blue Mountains." — A Natural Eden. — Physical Aspect. — The 

 Coonoor Pass. —Beauty and Grandeur. — Climbing up to Paradise. 

 — Ootacamund. — Products of the Hills. — The Worst Hotel in 

 India. — A Hunt in the "Delectable Mountains." — Above the 

 Clouds. — The Todas. — A Remarkable People. — Their Negative 

 Qualities. — Phenomenal Laziness. — The "Paulaul" and the 

 "Paulchi." — Physique of the Todas. —Dress. — Polyandry, or 

 Plurality of Husbands. — Betrothal, Marriage, and Divorce. — In- 

 fanticide.— The Toda Hut.— The Mund.— The Toda Buffalo.— 

 Little Game but Splendid Scenery. — A Cloud Scene. — An Empty 

 Bag, but no Regrets 93-104 



CHAPTER X. 



THE WAINAAD FOREST. 



A Hunting Trip to Mudumallay. — Monkey Shooting. — The Karkhana. 

 — The Meanest Natives in India. — Obstacles. — An Old Hypocrite. 

 — Record of One Day's Hunting. — Expert Trackers. — Bison. — A 

 Long Chase.— Death of a Sambur Stag.— A Herd of Wild Ele- 

 phants. — An Attack by an Amateur, on Foot and Alone. — Close 

 Quarters. — Failure. — Lost in the Jungle. — A Sambur Killed by a 



