CHAPTER IV .-- NATURAL HISTORY AND SPORT.
The advantages and pleasures of big game shooting.
Comparative risks from tigers, bears, and panthers.
Boars and other wild animals more dangerous now than formerly.
Advantages of this for sportsmen.
The natural history of Mysore.
Elephants.

Tigers much more numerous in former times in Mysore.
In a short time 118 caught in traps.

Remarkable cessation of such captures.

The balance of nature destroyed.
The spread of intelligence amongst wild animals.

Tiger passes.
Difference of opinion as to how tigers seize their prey.
The use of the paw in killing animals and people.
The carrying powers of tigers and panthers.
Reasons for not sitting on the ground when tiger shooting.
Illustration of risk of sitting on the ground.
Caution should be exercised when approaching a tiger supposed to be dead.
Another illustration of the risk of sitting on the ground.
Illustration of the importance of sitting motionless when obliged to sit on the ground.
An exciting rush after a wounded tiger.
Coolness and courage exhibited by a native.
Estimate of danger of tiger shooting on foot.