Parewah factory.--A 'Bobbery Pack.'--Hunt through a village after a cat.--The pariah dog of India.--Fate of 'Pincher.'--Rampore hound.--Persian greyhound.--Caboolee dogs.--A jackal hunt.--Incidents of the chase. CHAPTER VI. Fishing in India.--Hereditary trades.--The boatmen and fishermen of India.--Their villages.--Nets.--Modes of fishing.--Curiosities relating thereto.--Catching an alligator with a hook.--Exciting capture. --Crocodiles.--Shooting an alligator.--Death of the man-eater. CHAPTER VII. Native superstitions.--Charming a bewitched woman.--Exorcising ghosts from a field.--Witchcraft.--The witchfinder or 'Ojah,'--Influence of fear.--Snake bites.--How to cure them.--How to discover a thief.--Ghosts and their habits.--The 'Haddick' or native bone-setter.--Cruelty to animals by natives. CHAPTER VIII. Our annual race meet.--The arrivals.--The camps.--The 'ordinary,'--The course.--'They're off.'--The race.--The steeple-chase.--Incidents of the meet.--The ball. CHAPTER IX. Pig-sticking in India.--Varieties of boar.--Their size and height. --Ingenious mode of capture by the natives.--The 'Batan' or buffalo herd.--Pigs charging.--Their courage and ferocity.--Destruction of game.--A close season for game. CHAPTER X. Kuderent jungle.--Charged by a pig.--The biter bit.--'Mac' after the big boar.--The horse for pig-sticking.--The line of beaters.--The boar breaks.--'Away! Away!'--First spear.--Pig-sticking at Peeprah.--The old 'lungra' or cripple.--A boar at bay.--Hurrah for pig-sticking! CHAPTER XI. The sal forests.--The jungle goddess.--The trees in the jungle. --Appearance of the forests.--Birds.--Varieties of parrots.--A 'beat' in the forest.--The 'shekarry.'--Mehrman Singh and his gun.--The Banturs, a jungle tribe of wood-cutters.--Their habits.--A village feast.--We beat for deer.--Habits of the spotted deer.--Waiting for the game. --Mehrman Singh gets drunk.--Our bag.--Pea-fowl and their habits.--How to shoot them.--Curious custom of the Nepaulese.--How Juggroo was tricked, and his revenge. CHAPTER XII. The leopard.--How to shoot him.--Gallant encounter with a wounded one.--Encounter with a leopard in a Dak bungalow.--Pat shoots two leopards.--Effects of the Express bullet.--The 'Sirwah Purrul,' or annual festival of huntsmen.--The Hindoo ryot.--Rice-planting and harvest.--Poverty of the ryot.--His apathy.--Village fires.--Want of sanitation. CHAPTER XIII. Description of a native village.--Village functionaries.--The barber. --Bathing habits.--The village well.--The school.--The children.--The village bazaar.--The landowner and his dwelling.--The 'Putwarrie' or village accountant.--The blacksmith.--The 'Punchayiet' or village jury system.--Our legal system in India.--Remarks on the administration of justice. CHAPTER XIV.