CONTENTS 



CHAPTER I 



INTEODUCTOEY PAqb 



Physical Description of the Central Highlands — The Satpura Eange — 

 Early History of Gt6ndwana — The Bajputs and their Bards — 

 Mixed Races — ^Immigration of Hindiis — ^The Conquest by Akber 

 — Fate of the Aborigines — Overthrow of the Gond Kings — Arrival 

 of the Marathas — ^The Hill-tribes plunder the Low Country — The 

 Pindaris — British Conquest of the Country — Improved Adminis- 

 tration — Recent Ignorance of the Interior of the Hills — Consti- 

 tution of the Central Provinces — Energy of the New Administration 

 — Establishment of the Forest Department — ^Exploration of the 

 Hill Tracts — Their Area and Character — Settlement Operations — 

 Interesting Nature of the Country — ^Its Aboriginal Population — 

 The G6nds— K61arian Races— The K61s— The Korkiis— The Bygaa 

 — ^The Bheels — Singular Facts in Distribution of Organic Products 

 — ^Timber Trees — Relation to Geological Formations — ^The Fauna — 

 Wild Buffalo — ^Twelve-tined Deer — Jungle-fowl — Hog-deer — Par- 

 tridges — Intrusion of Eastern Forms — Early Destruction of the 

 Forests— The Sal— The Teak— Its Usefulness— Ruin of the Teak 

 Forests 1 



CHAPTER II 



THE NAEBAdI valley 



Start for the Mahadeo Hills— Camp of an Explorer — Travelling in 

 Wild Regions — Capture of a Camel — ^March down the Narbada 

 Valley — Gorge in the River — The Marble Rocks — Colonies of Bees 

 — ^Fatal Attack by a Swarm — Their Ferocity — Capture of the 

 Honey — Moonlight Picnics — Oocodiles and Fish — Shooting a 

 Crocodile— Cold Weather Marching — ^Prosperity of the Country — 

 Description of Hindli Races in the Valley — Abundance of Game — 

 Wild-fowl and Snipe — Partridge and Quail Shooting — ^Adventure 

 with a Snake — ^The Black Aatelope — ^Methods of Stalking — ^A 

 Solitary Buck — ^The Indian Gazelle — Method of Shooting — ^The 

 Nilgai — ^The Hunting Leopard — The Wolf — ^Man-killing Wolves — 

 Destruction of a Pair — "Tinker" and the Wolf — Wild Boars — 

 The people of the NarbadA Valley — G6nd Labourers — The Mhowa 

 Tree— Coal Mines — Snipe Shooting — ^Hill Forts — Jungle Clearings 

 — Forest Animals 29 



CHAPTER III 



THE MAHADEO hills 



The Mdhadeo Mountains — Sacred Hills — ^Ascent to Puchmurree — 

 Aspect of the Forest — Park-like Scenery — A Moist Night — Solitary 



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