The native village police then and now The power of the Daroga Exactions from the peasantry My attitude to the police The village jury system My neighbour down the river A bungalow of the olden time The chabutra Changed methods- now of dealing with natives Taking villages in lease Measuring the new lands Native disaffection Police plottings The Dhaus A welcome visitor Out with the doctor Put up a tiger A resultless beat A day's general shooting Events down the river Cholera Death in the lonely hut Spies at work A devilish plot Concocting false evidence A late call Making a night of it In the morning Accused of murder The arrest Reserves his defence The trial Excitement in court Appear- ances all against the planter Turning the tables The case breaks down Discomfiture of the Police.

The famine of 1874 Xature of relief works Fatalism Humane tendencies of British rule Epidemics Sharp contrasts Crowded incidents of planter life A fierce hail-storm A run- away elephant Through the forest Hue and cry after a thief A desperate fugitive Setting an ambush Female furies An exciting diversion A desperate scuffle Capture Tactics of the female gipsies Horrible cruelty A hapless little one Out- witted! The robber escapes Feasting amid famine A Brahmin Vhoj Appearance of the village The guests The cookery The feast Strange plates A motley melange Prodigious appetite Once more on the road Reach Soopole Hospitable reception.

Early spring in India " The Black District " Desperate straits One ghastly group Relief works Conservatism of natives The old easy-going style of work A zealous young reformer Glow- ing visions Wheelbarrow reform Irritating Explaining Theory Actual practice Back to the old style The coolies Sad scenes Poor suffering humanity The terrible hunger Back to Hoolas The seed industry 'Native dodgery Tricks and tests of the seed trade Mode of contract Fluctuations of the market A slippery neighbour News of a meditated looting expedition The Golail Preparing for a fight Call out the levies Disposition of our forces News of the raiders Confront- ing the robbers Their insolent audacity A kuock-down blow " Wigs on the green " A regular ruction " Loot " and "lay on "The tide of battle Victory ! Curiosities of the census Quaint characters The Bohemians of the East Mendicant friars Actors and jugglers The Story Teller "After a weary day" A visitor in camp His appearance His reception The gaping circle of listeners The story " Petumber and Mahaboobun " The story of their love A rival Plot and counterplot The drama develops Petumber's sud- den return Confusion of the wicked plotter Jealousy Wifely fidelity The darkened bath chamber Assumption of a strange character The furious sandal Crack ! " Tung-ng-ng ! " Acting up to his character " Glug-glug-glug ! " Another good story "The Brahmin and the Bunneah" Sanctity and pre- tensions of the Brahmins Their power on the wane Progress of modern thought An enlightened Hindoo on the decadence of priestcraft Beneficence of British rule.

Native characteristics Pioneer work Riverside villages The harvest of the flood the cousins Bad blood A murderous blow My arrival on the scene We must find the body The boat The river in flood Swept away by the torrent Shooting the rapids Straining every nerve to avoid the main stream One spot of refuge amid the raging waters The deserted cattle camp The floating island Teeming with fugitive life Unexpected flotsam A babe in strange company The mangy tiger Rescue Return to factory.

Varieties of winged game News of a " big beat "Get to camp The marshes country " Hunter's pot " Charge of a wounded bull buffalo A terrible impalement On the track Difficult country Slow and dangerous tracking Indications of our quarry An unsuccessful day A bad night News with the dawn Eesume our quest Horrible signs Sickening gusts A ghastly sight Close of the tragedy The funeral pyre.