The Proclamation Parade--An unsteady charger--"Three cheers for the King-Emperor!"--The Indian Army's loyalty--King George and the sepoys--A land held by the sword--An American Cavalry officer's visit--Hospitality of American officers--Killing by kindness--The brotherhood of soldiers--The bond between American and British troops sealed by blood--U.S. officers' opinion of us--A roaring tiger--Prince Jitendra Narayen--His visit to Buxa--An intoxicated monkey--Projected visits--A road report--A sketch fourteen feet long--The start--Jalpaiguri--A planters' dinner-party--Crossing the Tista River--A quicksand--A narrow escape--Map-making in the army--In the China War of 1860--Officers' sketches used for the Canton Railway survey--The country south of the hills--A sepoy's explanation of Kinchinjunga--A native officer's theory of the cause of earthquakes--Types on the road--After the day's work--A man-eater--A brave postman--Human beings killed by wild animals and snakes in India--Crocodiles--Shooting a monster--Crocodiles on land--Crossing the Torsa--Value of small detachments--The maligned military officer--A life of examinations--The man-killing elephant again--Death of a Bhuttia woman--Ordered home--A last good-bye to a comrade--Captain Balderston's death--A last view of the hills. When our Christmas shoot ended I returned to Buxa with our guests in time to hold the Proclamation Parade; for on 1st January, 1877, Queen Victoria was proclaimed Empress of India, and on this date every year the event is celebrated in military Stations throughout our Eastern Empire by a parade of troops in garrison. Even in our little outpost we did not forget to honour the day. [Illustration: "I WAS MOUNTED ON A COUNTRYBRED PONY."] [Illustration: "AN ELEPHANT LOADED WITH MY STORES AND BAGGAGE."]