Howdahs and howdah-ropes.--Mussulman custom.--Killing animals for food. --Mysterious appearance of natives when an animal is killed.--Fastening dead tigers to the pad.--Present mode wants improving.--Incident illustrative of this.--Dangerous to go close to wounded tigers. --Examples.--Footprints of tigers.--Call of the tiger.--Natives and their powers of description.--How to beat successfully for tiger. --Description of a beat.--Disputes among the shooters.--Awarding tigers.--Cutting open the tiger.--Native idea about the liver of the tiger.--Signs of a tiger's presence in the jungle.--Vultures.--Do they scent their quarry or view it?--A vulture carrion feast. CHAPTER XXII. We start for a tiger hunt on the Nepaul frontier.--Indian scenery near the border.--Lose our way.--Cold night.--The river by night.--Our boat and boatmen.--Tigers calling on the bank.--An anxious moment.--Fire at and wound the tigress.--Reach camp.--The Nepaulee's adventure with a tiger.--The old Major.--His appearance and manners.--The pompous Jemadar.--Nepaulese proverb.--Firing the jungle.--Start a tiger and shoot him.--Another in front.--Appearance of the fires by night.--The tiger escapes.--Too dark to follow up.--Coolie shot by mistake during a former hunt. CHAPTER XXIII. We resume the beat.--The hog-deer.--Nepaulese villages.--Village granaries.--Tiger in front.--A hit! a hit!--Following up the wounded tiger.--Find him dead.--Tiffin in the village.--The Patair jungle. --Search for tiger.--Gone away!--An elephant steeplechase in pursuit. --Exciting chase.--The Morung jungle.--Magnificent scenery.--Skinning the tiger.--Incidents of tiger hunting. CHAPTER XXIV. Camp of the Nepaulee chief.--Quicksands.--Elephants crossing rivers. --Tiffin at the Nepaulee camp.--We beat the forest for tiger.--Shoot a young tiger.--Red ants in the forest.--Bhowras or ground bees.--The _ursus labialis_ or long-lipped bear.--Recross the stream.--Florican. --Stag running the gauntlet of flame.--Our bag.--Start for factory. --Remarks on elephants.--Precautions useful for protection from the sun in tiger shooting.--The _puggree_.--Cattle breeding in India, and wholesale deaths of cattle from disease.--Nathpore.--Ravages of the river.--Mrs. Gray, an old resident in the jungles.--Description of her surroundings. CHAPTER XXV. Exciting jungle scene.--The camp.--All quiet.--Advent of the cow-herds. --A tiger close by.--Proceed to the spot.--Encounter between tigress and buffaloes.--Strange behaviour of the elephant.--Discovery and capture of four cubs.--Joyful return to camp.--Death of the tigress. --Night encounter with a leopard.--The haunts of the tiger and our shooting grounds. CHAPTER XXVI. Remarks on guns.--How to cure skins.--Different Recipes.--Conclusion. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.