Contents 



queer neighbours — There's many a slip— Beating out a cur- 

 Breaks back— Rout of the tiffin elephant— Half-hearted 

 charges— Lies close— The cur meets his deserts — Padding 

 the tiger Page 209 



CHAPTER II 

 Tying up and sitting up for tiger— The ' gara ' or ' kill '—How 

 to tie up — Native shikari tactics— Government rewards for 

 man-eaters— News of a 'kill' — Beating out the tiger with 

 villagers— Stops — A plucky kol — Machan-shooting — Fasci- 

 nating jungle sights— Vultures — The pea-fowl's warning — A 

 tiger appears — Despair — Meet a tiger on the prowl — The 

 Bhisti's adventure— Cattle:lifters— A kill— How to prepare 

 the machan— My first tiger— The cattle-lifter— Cattle-lifting 

 extraordinary— Sit up for the robber — Mosquitoes — The tiger 

 appears— A lost opportunity— When the blood is young — 

 Things incredible 237 



CHAPTER III 

 Leopard or panther — Most crafty of the cat tribe — Habits — 

 Disliked by the villager — The subaltern's hope — Distribution 

 — Size of leopards — Tying up for leopard — Craftiness in a 

 beat — Abundance of leopards — Shooting ' spots ' with No. 6 

 — Leopards and small-bore rifles — Sitting up for the pard — 

 A night adventure — Contrariness of the goat — An afternoon 

 rencontre — The pard in his natural surroundings . . 260 



CHAPTER IV 

 Bear — Habits — An amusing incident — Bear tracks — Size and 

 weight — Where to find bear — His food — Behaviour when 

 roused — How to shoot bear — Beating — Machan work — My 

 first beat for bear — Kols and Santals — Blank beats — Go out 

 after bear again — The Raja and his subjects — See and miss 

 my first bear — Points to be remembered — Other ways of 

 getting bear 278 



CHAPTER V 

 Hytena, jackal, and wild dog — Jackal — Habits — A useful 

 scavenger — Pelt — The hyjena- Distribution and habits — 

 Food — Cowardly nature — Hyaena pugs — Hyaena in a beat — 

 Wild dog — A game-destroyer — Distribution — Methods of 

 hunting game — Immune to poison — Should be shot on sight 297 



