Life in an Indian Outpost

The tiger in India--His reputation--Wounded tigers--Man-eaters--Game killers and cattle thieves--A tiger's residence--Chance meetings--Methods of tiger hunting--Beating with ele...

In the Mess--A gloomy conversation--Murder in the army--A gallant officer--Running amuck on a rifle-range--"Was that a shot?"--The alarm--The native officer's report--The "fall...

The daily routine--Drill in the Indian Army--Hindustani--A lingua franca--The divers tongues of India--The sepoys' lodging--Their ablutions--An Indian's fare--An Indian regiment...

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...

An Indian jungle--The trees--Creepers--Orchids--The undergrowth--On an elephant in the jungle--Forcing a passage--Wild bees--Red ants--A lost river--A _sambhur_ hind--Spiders--J...

Reasons for showing the flag--Soldierless Bengal--Planning the march--Difficulties of transport--The first day's march--Sepoys in the jungle--The water-creeper--The commander lo...

The lord of the forest--Wild elephants in India--_Kheddah_ operations in the Terai--How rogues are made--Rogues attack villages--Highway robbers--Assault on a railway station--A...

Notice of the Political Officer's approaching visit--A Durbar--The Bhutan Agent and the interpreter--Arrival of the Deb Zimpun--An official call--Exchange of presents--Bhutanese...

The Durbar--Outside the palace--The State elephants--The soldiery--The Durbar Hall--Officials and gentry of the State--The throne--Queen Victoria's banner--The hidden ladies--_P...

The races along our North-East Border--Tibet--The Mahatmas--Nepal--Bhutan--Its geography--Its founder--Its Government--Religious rule--Analogy between Bhutan and old Japan--_Pen...

To Darjeeling--Railway journeys in India--Protection for solitary ladies--Reappearing rivers--Siliguri--At the foot of the Himalayas--A mountain railway--Through the jungle--Loo...

We sight a rogue--A sudden onslaught--A wild elephant's attack--Shooting under difficulties--Stopping a rush--Repeated attacks--An invulnerable foe--Darkness stops the pursuit--...

India in the hot weather--A land of torment--The drought--Forest fires--The cholera huts burned--Fighting the flames--Death of a sepoy--The bond between British officers and the...

Our first view of the Himalayas--Across India in a troop train--A scattered regiment--An elephant-haunted railway--Kinchinjunga--The great Terai Jungle--Rajabhatkawa--In the day...

I decide on Fort Bower--Felling trees--A big python--Clearing the jungle--Laying out the post--Stockades and _Sungars_--The bastions--_Panjis_ and _abattis_--The huts--Jungle ma...

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...

The daily routine--Drill in the Indian Army--Hindustani--A lingua franca--The divers tongues of India--The sepoys' lodging--Their ablutions--An Indian's fare--An Indian regiment...

The lord of the forest--Wild elephants in India--_Kheddah_ operations in the Terai--How rogues are made--Rogues attack villages--Highway robbers--Assault on a railway station--A...

Notice of the Political Officer's approaching visit--A Durbar--The Bhutan Agent and the interpreter--Arrival of the Deb Zimpun--An official call--Exchange of presents--Bhutanese...

In the Mess--A gloomy conversation--Murder in the army--A gallant officer--Running amuck on a rifle-range--"Was that a shot?"--The alarm--The native officer's report--The "fall...

The races along our North-East Border--Tibet--The Mahatmas--Nepal---Bhutan--Its geography--Its founder--Its Government--Religious rule--Analogy between Bhutan and old Japan--_Pe...

Reasons for showing the flag--Soldierless Bengal--Planning the march--Difficulties of transport--The first day's march--Sepoys in the jungle--The water-creeper--The commander lo...

India in the hot weather--A land of torment--The drought--Forest fires--The cholera huts burned--Fighting the flames--Death of a sepoy--The bond between British officers and the...

To Darjeeling--Railway journeys in India--Protection for solitary ladies--Reappearing rivers--Siliguri--At the foot of the Himalayas--A mountain railway--Through the jungle--Loo...

An Indian jungle--The trees--Creepers--Orchids--The undergrowth--On an elephant in the jungle--Forcing a passage--Wild bees--Red ants--A lost river--A _sambhur_ hind--Spiders--J...

The Durbar--Outside the palace--The State elephants--The soldiery--The Durbar Hall--Officials and gentry of the State--The throne--Queen Victoria's banner--The hidden ladies--_P...

A FRONTIER POST PAGE Our first view of the Himalayas--Across India in a troop train--A scattered regiment--An elephant-haunted railway--Kinchinjunga--The great Terai Jungle--Raj...

We sight a rogue--A sudden onslaught--A wild elephant's attack--Shooting under difficulties--Stopping a rush--Repeated attacks--An invulnerable foe--Darkness stops the pursuit--...

The tiger in India--His reputation--Wounded tigers--Man-eaters--Game killers and cattle thieves--A tiger's residence--Chance meetings--Methods of tiger hunting--Beating with ele...

I decide on Fort Bower--Felling trees--A big python--Clearing the jungle--Laying out the post--Stockades and _Sungars_--The bastions--_Panjis_ and _abattis_--The huts--Jungle ma...