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CHAPTER III.
Tame Bear.-His Tragical End.—Snipe.-Water-fowl.—Jey-
pore.–Our First Bear.—A belated Bruin.—Indian Badger.
-Bears and Dogs.-Sacred Birds.-Strange Cure for Dysen-
tery.-Kimedy.-Snipe-shooting.-Bears at Mongolwalsah.-
Death of a Bear.—Two Bears in a Bush.--Antelope.The
Bear and Brahmin.—Lucky Pistol-shot.—Bear and Panther.
- March to Secunderabad.-Money-lenders.—New Canton-
ment laid out. — Cholera in marching Regiments. — Sad
Deaths of a Family
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CHAPTER IV.
Building Lines.—Great Storm.--Country round Secunderabad.
-Custard Apples.—Toddy.-British Soldier's Pic-nic.-Tiger
Rock at Ramaram.:-Suicide of a Sepoy.-Murder of a Native
Officer.-The Mowlally Feast.-Processions of the Nobles.-
Return of Processions to City.-To the Percall Lake.-
Fishing.–Noisy Tigers.—Spotted Deer.—Shoot a Bear.-
“Tommy Atkins" on a Spree.-Ramdospillay.--Animal in
Tent.—Boldness of Panthers.—Homily on Gun Accidents.
-Sham Fights
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CHAPTER V.
March to Cuddapah.-Snipe at Yellagode.-Murder of a
Civilian.-The Happy Valley.-Abundance of Partridge.-
A Bear shot. — On duty to Cumbum. — Rock Snake and
Fowl. — Fish and Fishing. — The Cumbum Lake. A
Sambur shot. — Also a Python and a Cobra. — Jungle-fowl
Shooting. — Return to Cuddapah. — Death of a Cunning
CONTENTS.
Bear. — Yenadee Trackers. — Wild Dogs. Nulla Mulla
Mountains.-Man-eating Tiger.-Torture and the Torture
Commission. - Again to Cumbum. — Monstrous Cobra.-
Curiosities of a Grave-yard. – Officer mauled by a Bear.
-Shikarry Nunnoo. — Sambur shot.-Sambur and Wild
Dogs.-Suicide of an Officer.—March to Trichinopoly · 102
CHAPTER VI.
Trichinopoly.-Coollamullay Mountains.-Thieves of Trichi-
nopoly. — Cattle Poisoners.—Salem. — Shervaroy Hills.-
Narinjeepett. ---Voyage down Cauvery River.—A Bear Shot.
-Bear and Cubs.—The Cummum Valley.-Rous Peters.
Nursingpooram.—Unsuccessful Encounter with Elephant.-
Bull Bison shot.-Also immense Python.- Embarkation
Duty.—My First Elephant.—“Story of a Campaign”
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CHAPTER VII.
Another Tour in Southern Division.--A Revengeful Old
Woman. - Veeranoor. - Bear-shooting. — Rungamullay. -
Belling the Boar.—How to Poach for Hog.-A Pair of
Tuskers.-Four Elephants shot in one Herd.—Bear and
Cub.-Enormous Centipede. The “Boycotted” Moslem.-
A Week with Bruin.—The “Hunting of the Bear.”—Some
Bear Stories.-Himalayan Bears
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CHAPTER VIII.
" A Week with the Pachyderms.”—On Leave to England, and
back to India. — To Trichinopoly. - Embarkation Duty.-
Autancurray. – Advantages of Autancurray as compared
with Madras Harbour. - The Sepoy Mutiny. Why no
Mutiny in Madras. — To Beypore on Duty. – Walliaur
Jungle.—Gun Accident at Walliaur.-Down the Cauvery
in Basket-boat.-Appointment to Nagpore Force.-From
Trichinopoly to Kamptee.-Bears at Pericait.-Arrive at
Kamptee.-Climate of Kamptee
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CHAPTER IX.
Kamptee.-To Poonab.— With 91st Regiment to Kamptee.-A
Strange Panic.—A Man lanced to Death.—On Leave to
Seldoo.—Shoot a Neilghye and a Bear.–Festival at Maha-
deo, and Cholera.-Shoot a Bear and a Sambur.–To
Moothoor.—Signs of Cholera along the Road.-A Tiger at
Night. — Chindwarra. Ascent of Mountains. Shoot a
Barking Deer and a Bear. - Return to Kamptee. - Shoot
a Bear and a Spotted Deer. — To Azimgaum.
Shoot a
Sambur.-A Bad Shot at a Tiger.—Tigress and Cubs. To
Chankee Kopra.- Tiger and Leopards.-Fierce Leopard. -
To Moothoor with Sir R. Temple. - Strange effect of a
Shot on a Sambur.—Jilmillee.—Four Tigers shot and Two
Men killed
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The “Paddy Bird's Wild-fowling.-Timid Elephant.-
Shoot a Sambur and Panther and Blue Bull.-Borekaira.-
Shoot a Bear.–Four Bears in one Lair.-Shoot two of them.
—“The Sow! the Village Sow!”–Narrow Escape of Chief
Commissioner.—To Bombay and back.—Cholera in my
Camp.-Bear shot.—Death of a Panther.—Last look at
Nagpore Jungles.-Ramteerut and River Wurdah.-Shoot a
Tiger and Tigress.-A Family of Tigers.---Shoot a half-
grown Cub.-A fierce Tigress.-Again to England 260
CHAPTER XI.
The Man-eater of the Pench Villages.-Ambush of Shikarries
and Death of Man-eater.-Seeonee Man-eater.-Gun-bearer
killed.--Man-eater's Death.-Khyraghur Tiger kills a Dog-
boy, and is shot.-Doings of the Dhawa Leopard.--The
Natchingaum Panther.-An Idiot killed.-Panther trapped.
- Woman seized by a Hyæna.-Boy eaten by Pariah Dogs.
-Boy killed by a Python. --Statistics of Wild Animals in
Central Provinces.—Deaths by Snake bite.-A Pack of
Panthers
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CHAPTER XII.
To Secunderabad.—Buy an Elephant.-Rawrapett.–Family of
Tigers.—Kill three Cubs.- Procession of the “Lungur.”-
Sir Richard Temple as Resident.—The Reformed Troops.-
African Body Guard.-Murder of a Native Woman.-Exe-
“A Week with the Pachyderms."-On Leave to England, and
Autancurray. - Advantages of Autancurray as compared
with Madras Harbour. - The Sepoy Mutiny. - Why no
Trichinopoly to Kamptee.—Bears at Pericait.- Arrive at
Kamptee.—Climate of Kamptee
Kamptee.-To Poonah.— With 91st Regiment to Kamptee.-A
Strange Panic.-A Man lanced to Death.—On Leave to
Seldoo.-Shoot a Neilghye and a Bear.- Festival at Maha-
deo, and Cholera.-Shoot a Bear and a Sambur.--To
Barking Deer and a Bear. — Return to Kamptee. — Shoot
a Bear and a Spotted Deer. - To Azimgaum. - Shoot a
Sambur.-A Bad Shot at a Tiger.—Tigress and Cubs.-To
Chankee Kopra.— Tiger and Leopards.-Fierce Leopard. -
Shot on a Sambur.—Jilmillee.-Four Tigers shot and Two