Illustrations 



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The foothills and broad rao bed 



A herd of chitul file across the nullah bed 



Tracks of the wild boar . ... 



Suddenly at ground-level a head appears 



Plunges madly through the forest . 



The Indian lunch-carrier • Pad elephant ready for an evening 



stroll . . ... To face p. 28 



Barasingha does . ... 30 



The old barasingha stag led the viray ... 32 



Herd of barasingha leaving the forest to graze . 34 



A number of pairs of bat-like ears . 35 

 Tracks of barasingha . . -37 



The midday siesta — barasingha ... . 39 



Young barasingha stags sparring . .... 4° 



A 14-pointer barasingha stag seated at the edge of the tarn 43 



Chitul stags and doe . .... 45 



Chitul tracks . .... 47 



A heavy barasingha head : A 37-inch chitul head To face p. 48 



A herd of chitul on the edge of the forest . . 50 



Out steps the stag . . . 51 



The long-white scuts of the doe chitul . . 53 



Sambhar does leaving the jungle to graze . 54 



An old doe will stand on the edge of the forest 55 

 Sambhar tracks ... -57 



The thick scuts of the sambhar does 58 



Mother and youngster . . .... 61 



Sdl forest and open grass area in the Central Provinces : Heavy 



sambhar and chitul heads shot in the Central Provinces 



To face p. iii 



Sambhar stag rejurning to the forest in the early morning . 64 



Sambhar tracks . 67 



Sambhar tracks . . 72 



Horns of hog deer : curious sambhar horns . To face p. 74 



Shooting hog deer from the howdah . 75 



Tracks of the para or hog deer .... 78 



