Chapter IX: A Forest March

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 loses his men--The bivouac at
Rajabhatkawa--Alipur Duar--A small Indian
Station--Long-delayed pay--The Subdivisional Officer--A
_dak_ bungalow--The sub-judge--Brahmin pharisees--The
_nautch_--A dusty march--Santals--A mission
settlement--Crossing a river--Rafts--A bivouac in a tea
garden--A dinner-party in an 80-lb. tent--Bears at
night--A daring tiger--Chasing a tiger on elephants--In
the forest again--A fickle river--A strange animal--The
Maharajah of Cooch Behar's experiment--A scare and a
disappointment--Across the Raidak--A woman killed by a
bear--A planters' club--Hospitality in the jungle--The
zareba--Impromptu sports--The Alarm Stakes--The raft
race--Hathipota--Jainti 174