viii CONTENTS. 



FAGB 



Bathers.— Dead Hindoo. — Plenty of Birds but no Gavials. — Re- 

 turn and go to Etawah. — The Dak Bungalow. — Two Specimens 

 the First Day. — My Boat and Crew. — A Day in the Bazaar. — An 

 Instance of Caste 30-38 



CHAPTER IV. 



GAVIAL SHOOTING ON THE JUIVINA. 



Afloat on the Jumna. — Character of the River. — Difficulties of Croco- 

 dile Shooting. — The Fatal Spot — Prospects.— The Fun Begins. — 

 Defeat through Poor Shooting and Native Timidity. — An Ha- 

 rangue. — Swimming after a Wounded Gavial. — Death of " Num- 

 ber One." — Another still Larger. — How to Skeletonize a Gavial. — 

 Mode of Skinning Described. — Birds of Prey.— Crowds of Spec- 

 tators.— Gavial Eggs. — A Model Crew. — Plucky Encounter with 

 a Wounded Gavial. — A Struggle at Close Quarters. — Our Plan of 

 Operations.— A Good Rifle. — Killing Gavials at Long Range. . . . 39-4Q 



CHAPTER Y. 



THE GANGETIC CROCODILE. 



A Jolly Life.— Native Tenderness for the Gavial.— Eating the Flesh. — 

 The Jumna swarming with Gavials. — A " Mass Meeting." — Loss 

 of an Enormous Specimen. — Maximum size Attained. — The 

 Gavial's Place in Nature. — Habits and Characters of the Species. 

 — General Observations on the Crocodilians. — Number of Eggs 

 Deposited. — The Gavial not a Man-eater.— A Ticklish Reptile. 

 — Vocal Powers 50-57 



CHAPTER YI. 



ANIMAL LIFE ALONG THE JUMNA. 



Boating on the Jumna. — A Long Prayer. — The Saras Crane. — Queer 

 Antics. — The Jabiru. — Nests of the Scavenger Vulture. — Pea- 

 cocks. — A Jungle Cat Surprised. —The Jackals' Serenade.— Tur- 

 tles.— The Gangetic Porpoise. — Native Villages. — The People. — 

 Female Ugliness. — Friends and Foes. — A Native Funeral. — Cre- 

 mation a mere Form. —An Adjutant Shot. — Goodbye to the River. 58-68 



CHAPTER YH. 



RAVINE DEER AND BLACK BUCK HUNTING. 



An Invitation.— Aspect of the Country. — Major Ross's Camp. — A Lux- 

 urious Establishment. — The Jumna Ravines. — The ' ' Ravine 



