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INDEX 



speak Burmese In a Month,' Eley, cartridges, 189, 190 

 225 Elgin Mills, Cawnpore, 202 



Dysentery, 209 Elwood hat, 115, 201, 202 



Elephant Act, 14, 20 



Elephant, Indian (Elephas in- 

 dicus) : characteristics, 1-4 

 nails, 1 ; head, 27-28 

 length of years, 2 ; habits 

 38, 48, 57 ; breeding, 46, 48 

 cows and calves, 25, 31, 48 

 capture of a calf, 47 ; feeding, 

 23, 173 ; trumpeting, 33 

 tigers' cry mistaken for, 131 

 133 ; the mud-bath, 34 

 mischievous habits of, 13, 

 14, 16, 20-21 ; cleverness in 

 interpreting signals, 32; noise- 

 less flight of, 32, 34-35 ; 

 their senses, 48-49, 70 ; 

 female spite, 45 ; the scene 

 of a fight, 46 ; tame elephant 

 killed by tiger, 129 ; pro- 

 tected by special Act, 14, 154; 

 permission to shoot (' khub- 

 bar '), 14, 15, 18, 19, 20-22 ; 

 in independent territory, 15 ; 

 best time for shooting, 15, 18, 

 20 ; stalking a big tusker, 

 4-12 ; a typical hunt, 23-27 ; 

 hunting a rogue elephant, 

 30-31 , 40-44 ; escaping a 

 rogue, presence of mind, 44 ; 

 theory as to rogues, 45 ; 

 tracking, 16, 36-39 ; caution 

 against following into thick 

 cover, 49 ; a long trudge, 40 ; 

 trackers' shyness of herds, 

 182 ; hunting on horseback, 

 187 ; weapons, 17, 192 ; 

 solid nickel bullet, 194; shots 

 to try for, 27-28 ; charging, 

 28-29, 41 ; comparison with 

 buffalo, 29 ; stampeding, 

 25, 49 ; dangers in dealing 

 with a herd, 31-32 ; used in 

 hunting, 84, 85, 135, 148; 

 measurements, 2-4, 44, 50 



Fever, Malarial, 15, 60, 102 

 Flies, 101, 174, 205 

 Footgear, 203-205 

 Forest Department, 129 

 Fowl, jungle, 92, 96 



Game laws of Burma, amend- 

 ment of, suggested, 150, 

 154-155 ; as to thamin, 

 153 ; close season for deer 

 in reserved forests, 156 ; 

 modification suggested, 156 ; 

 laxity, 157; Elephant Act, 

 14, 20 

 Game laws of India, 154 

 Gaur (Bos gaurus or gavaeus 

 gaurus), 51 ; habitat, 55, 223- 

 224 ; characteristics^ 1-53,68, 

 70 ; horns, 52-53, 84 ; habits, 



3 8 . 53-55. 57. 66, 68 > 7°. Io8 . 

 171-172, 173 ; when scared, 

 30, 72, 74-75, 97 ; contrasted 

 with tsaing, 75, 81-82, 83, 85, 

 86, 98, 100, 172 ; wariness, 

 55, 69-70 ; reputed ferocity, 

 75 ; noise while feeding, 

 70 ; feeding, bamboo shoots, 

 60 ; breeding time, 66-67 '• 

 calves, 68 ; trumpeting of 

 elephant mistaken for cry of, 

 33 ; the solitary bull, 53, 61 ; 

 theory concerning, 62-65, 

 112 ; a solitary bull and the 

 tame mithun cattle, 64-65 ; 

 how to shoot, 80 ; the "400 

 rifle, 191-192 ; cartridges and 

 shooting, 195 ; old-fashioned 

 methods of hunting, 77 ; 

 danger of antiquated wea- 

 pons, 77-79 ; an officer's ex- 

 perience, 79-80 ; the best 

 time for hunting, 59-60 ; 

 disadvantages in the rainy 

 season, 60 ; tracking in India 



