Chapter 24

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.