CONTENTS ix 



FAQE 



— ^Aspect of the Country — ^A Primitive Measure of Distance — 

 Haunts of the Buffaloes — Capture of Wild Elephants-=-Coal 

 Measures — Prospects of the Country — ^The Plateau of Amarkantak 

 — ^A Terrible March — ^End of the Exploration — Effects of Ex- 

 posure — The Forest Question — ^Utility of Forests — ^Prospects of the 

 Forests — Central India as a Field for Sport — Where to go — Outfit 

 — Guns and Rifles — Conclusion 324 



APPENDICES 



SELECTION AND TREATMENT OP ELEPHANTS .... 365 



LIST OF USEFUL TIMBER TREES AND OTHER VEGETABLE PRODUCTS 373 



DIRECTIONS AS TO THE PRESERVATION OP THE SKINS AND OTHER 

 TROPHIES OP ANIMALS ON THE PIELD, BY EDWIN WARD, 



P.Z.S 386 



