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 296 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS After the Proclamation Parade _Frontispiece_ Buxa Duar _To face page_ 16 "The fort was built on a knoll" " 16 Rajput sepoys cooking " 24 British and Indian officers " 24 My double company " 28 My bachelor establishment " 28 A kneeling elephant " 36 "The ladies of the hamlet came forward" " 54 Bhuttia drummers " 54 Chunabatti " 56 "From my doorstep I watched them coming down the hill" " 66 The Deb Zimpun's prisoners " 66 The Durbar in Buxa " 74 A _sambhur_ stag and my elephant " 90 Bringing home the bag " 90 Forest Lodge the First " 100 Forest Lodge the Second " 100 "The _mahout_ was holding up the head" " 110