Beast and Man in India / A Popular Sketch of Indian Animals in their Relations with the People

by John Lockwood Kipling

CONTENTS

	CHAP.	PAGE
1.	[Introductory]	[1]
2.	[Of Birds]	[16]
3.	[Of Monkeys]	[56]
4.	[Of Asses]	[75]
5.	[Of Goats and Sheep]	[87]
6.	[Of Cows and Oxen]	[103]
7.	[Of Buffaloes and Pigs]	[154]
8.	[Of Horses and Mules]	[164]
9.	[Of Elephants]	[207]
10.	[Of Camels]	[244]
11.	[Of Dogs, Foxes, and Jackals]	[261]
12.	[Of Cats]	[282]
13.	[Of Animal Calls]	[288]
14.	[Of Animal Training]	[292]
15.	[Of Reptiles]	[303]
16.	[Of Animals in Indian Art]	[320]
17.	[Of Beast Fights]	[344]
18.	[Of Animals and the Supernatural]	[352]

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ILLUSTRATIONS

Caligraphic Tiger	Munshi Sher Muhammad	Dedication
		PAGE
Bird Scaring	J. L. Kipling	[15]
Initial (a Punjab Window)	Amir Bakhsh	[16]
The Parrot's Cage	J. L. Kipling	[18]
A Performing Parrot	do	[21]
A Bird-singing Match (Delhi Artisans)	do	[23]
The Familiar Crow	do	[27]
Calf and Crows	do	[30]
Terra-cotta Seed and Water Trough (from a Punjab Village Mosque)		[48]
Unhooded	F. H. Andrews	[51]
Monkey God (from an Indian Lithograph)		[56]
Langurs at Home	J. L. Kipling	[61]
Young Monkeys at Play	do.	[69]
Initial Letter (Asses in a City Alley)	do.	[76]
The Potter and his Donkey	do.	[80]
A Hindu Sacrificial Knife	Munshi Sher Muhammad	[87]
A Domestic Sacrifice (Muhammadan)	J. L. Kipling	[89]
On the Dusty Highway	do.	[92]
Milch Goats	do.	[94]
A Guilty Goat	do.	[95]
The Goat-skin Water-bag (Mashk)	J. L. Kipling	[97]
Bhisti, or Water-carrier	do.	[99]
A Sporting Man	do.	[101]
A Bombay Milk Woman	do.	[103]
Krishna adored by the Gopis (from an Indian Picture)		[112]
Krishna drives the Cattle Home (from an Indian Picture)		[114]
Punjab Baili (Springless Ox-cart)	J. L. Kipling	[117]
Comparative Sizes of the Largest and Smallest Breeds of Indian Oxen	J. L. Kipling	[118]
The Bombay Rekla	do.	[120]
Cow and Calf	do.	[123]
At Sunset	do.	[131]
Ploughing	do.	[134]
In Time of Drought	do.	[136]
In a Good Season	do.	[138]
The Oilman's Ox	do.	[143]
The Persian Wheel	do.	[144]
Shoeing an Ox	do.	[146]
Oopla (Cow-dung Fuel)	do.	[148]
Going to Work (Punjab)	do.	[150]
A Rustic Krishna	do.	[152]
Buffaloes	do.	[156]
Maheswar fighting Kali (from an Indian Lithograph)		[157]
Waiting for the Wazir	J. L. Kipling	[164]
In Training	do.	[169]
Indian "Thorn Bits"	Munshi Sher Muhammad	[173]
A Processional Horse	J. L. Kipling	[175]
A Raja's Charger (Marwar Breed)	do.	[176]
A Raja's Horse (Waziri Breed)	J. L. Kipling	[181]
A Money-lender on a Deccan Pony	do.	[182]
Bombay Tram-horse wearing Horse-cap	J. Griffiths	[185]
Punjab Farmer on a Branded Mare	J. L. Kipling	[187]
The Ekka, Northern India	do.	[191]
An Indian Farrier	do	[195]
A Beggar on Horseback (Hindu Devotee)	do	[202]
The Wheels of a Mountain Battery	do	[205]
From the Sanchi Tope	do	[207]
Ganésha (from an ancient Hindu Sculpture)	do.	[208]
Shiv or Mahadeo, with the Infant Ganésh (from an Indian Lithograph)		[211]
If Ganésha stood	J. L. Kipling	[212]
An Elephant Goad (Ankus)	Munshi Sher Muhammad	[226]
Undress	J. L. Kipling	[229]
A Painted Elephant	Munshi Sher Muhammad	[232]
Waiting for the Raja	J. L. Kipling	[234]
In Royal State	do.	[236]
Elephant piling Timber (Burmah)	do.	[240]
Elephant lifting Teak Logs (Burmah)	do.	[241]
Biloch Family on the March	do.	[244]
In a Serai (Rest-house)	do.	[248]
Rajput Camel-rider's Belt	Munshi Sher Muhammad	[250]
Rajput Camel Guns	J. L. Kipling	[255]
The Leading Camel of a Kafila (Afghanistan)	do.	[259]
A Subaltern's Dog-boy	do.	[261]
Outcastes (a Begging Leper and Pariah Dogs) do.		[265]
Playfellows	do.	[268]
In Floodtime	do.	[280]
A Hunting Cheetah	J. L. Kipling	[294]
A Restless Bedfellow	do.	[295]
A Bear Leader	do.	[298]
Performing Monkeys and Goat	do.	[299]
A Performing Bull (Madras)	do.	[301]
Vishnu reclining on the Serpent (from an Indian Lithograph)		[303]
A Snake-Charmer	J. L. Kipling	[316]
Initial Letter (Decorative Parrots)	do.	[320]
Modern Elephant Sculpture, from the Tomb of Sowai Jai Singh, Maharaja of Jeypore	J. L. Kipling	[324]
Borak. Caligraphic Picture Composed of Prayers	Munshi Sher Muhammad	[325]
Small Wares in Metal	J. L. Kipling	[330]
Birds by an Indian Draughtsman		[331]
A Peri on a Camel	Bhai Isur Singh	[333]
Krishna on an Elephant	do.	[335]
Krishna on a Horse	do.	[336]
Nandi or Sacred Bull	J. L. Kipling	[337]
Cattle by an unknown Indian Artist		[338]
A Punjab Heroine (from an Indian Lithograph)		[342]
Antelopes. An Indian Artist's Fantasy		[343]
Buffalo Bulls fighting	J. L. Kipling	[344]
A Dying Bullock (Finis)	do.	[360]

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CHAPTER I