CONTENTS vii 



FAQS 



Forests in the Trap Region — Jiingle Fires — Ancient Settlements — 

 The Korkus of the Tapti Valley— Difficulty of Exploration- 

 Wild Sports — ^The Sambar Deer — Its Habits and Food — Death of 

 the Bori Stag — Horns of the Sambar — Curious Occurrences in 

 Shooting — Incidents in Tiger Shooting — Stalking the Sambar — 

 The Hatti Hills— The Bheels— A Bheel Fort— Mahomedan Archi- 

 tecture — ^Difficulty of finding Sdmbar — ^Dhaotea — Disappearance of 

 the Sambar — Return to the Plains — The Valley of the Vultures — 

 Return to the Sambar Ground — Shoot a Stag — Miss another — 

 The Four-homed Antelope — Bison Shooting — The " Shrimp " 

 and the "Skunk" — ^Find a Herd — Kill a Bull — A Dangerous 

 Position — ^A Solitary Bull — ^We miss the Water — ^Another Bull 

 Killed — ^A Herd of Sambar— Account of a Bag . . . 171 



CHAPTER VII 



THE TIGER 



Tiger-shooting in the Hot Weather— ^Different Sorts of Tigers — The 

 Game-killer — ^The Cattle-eater — The Man-eater — ^Haunts of the 

 Tiger — Destructiveness of Tigers — Native Shikaris — Beating for 

 Tigers — Shooting on Foot — Shooting with an Elephant — ^Difficulty 

 of Finding Tigers — ^Method of Hunting — Search for Information — 

 Viceregal Tiger-shooting — A Tiger in a Tobacco-field — The Hot 

 Weather Camp — ^The Village Shikari — Spying out the Land — 

 Nocturnal Life of Wild Animals — ^Tyranny of the Tiger — Tiger 

 Tracks — The Monkeys Inform — ^Death of a Tiger — Pranks of 

 Juvenile Tigers — The Monkeys Prevaricate — ^Almost Too Close — 

 Singular Efiect of a Shell — ^An Abrupt Introduction — ^A Man- 

 eating Tigress — The Monkeys are Right — ^Alarm Cries of Animals 

 — A Beef-eater Slain — ^Terrific Heat — Size of Tigers — Baits for 

 Tigers — Caste Objections — ^Tiger Shikaris — The " Lalla " — He is 

 Killed by a Tiger — ^Revenge — ^What a Shikari should not be — 

 The Tiger in his Lair — ^Trained Elephants — Purchasing Elephants 

 — ^Their " Points " — Selection of a Hunting Elephant — ^A Man- 

 killer — ^Entering Elephants — ^Elephantine Vices — ^Keeping Ele- 

 phants — A Bag of Tigers — Ravages of a Man-eating Tiger — Un- 

 fortunate Delay — ^Denizens of a, Mango Grove — Sharp Treatment 

 effects a Cure— Start after the Man-eater — Deserted Villages — A 

 Pilgrim Devoured — ^Unsuccessful Hunt — ^A Bait Proposed — ^Another 

 Victim — On the Trail — A Long Day's Work — Renew the Chase — 

 Exciting Sport — ^An Elephant Killed by a Tiger — ^Find the Man- 

 eater — He charges Home — Blown up by a Shell — Elephant Anec- 

 dote — ^Destructiveness of Tigers — Proposals for their Extirmination 

 — ^What can he Done — Get Jungle Fever — Return to Puchmurree — 

 A Cool Climate — Completion of "Bison Lodge" — Burst of the 

 Monsoon — ^Advantages of Puchmurree — Selected as a Sanitarium 

 — Return to Jubbulpur 214 



CHAPTER VIII 



THE HIGHER NArAbAdI 



Jubbulpur Transformed — Effects of the Railway along the NarbadA — 

 A Station Shikari — ^The Panther and the Leopard — Dangers of 

 Panther Hunting — A Man-eating Panther — Curious Legend — 

 Cunning of Panthers — A Determined Charge — Baits for the Panther 



