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Introduction xix
Arrival in India--Hospitable friends--The Lieut.-Governor--Journey to the Naga Hills--Nigriting--Golaghat--A panther reminiscence--Hot springs--A village dance--Dimapur--My new abode 1
Samagudting--Unhealthy quarters--A callous widower--Want of water--Inhabitants of the Naga Hills--Captain Butler--Other officials--Our life in the wilds--A tiger carries off the postman--An Indian forest--Encouragement 12
Historical events connected with Manipur and the Naga Hills--Different tribes--Their religion--Food and customs 22
Value of keeping a promise--Episode of Sallajee--Protection given to small villages, and the large one defied--"Thorough" Government of India's views--A plea for Christian education in the Naga Hills 37
Visit Dimapur--A terrible storm--Cultivation--Aggression by Konoma--My ultimatum--Konoma submits--Birth of a son--Forest flowers--A fever patient--Proposed change of station--Leave Naga Hills--March through the forest--Depredation by tigers--Calcutta--Return to England 45
Return to India--Attached to Foreign Office--Imperial assemblage at Delhi--Almorah--Appointed to Manipur--Journey to Shillong--Cherra Poojee--Colonel McCulloch--Question of ceremony 54
Start for Manipur--March over the hills--Lovely scenery--View of the valley--State reception--The Residency--Visitors 60
Visit the Maharajah--His ministers--Former revolutions--Thangal Major 69
Manipur--Early history--Our connection with it--Ghumbeer Singh--Burmese war 78
Ghumbeer Singh and our treatment of him--Nur Singh and attempt on his life--McCulloch--His wisdom and generosity--My establishment--Settlement of frontier dispute 88
My early days in Manipur--The capital--The inhabitants--Good qualities of Manipuris--Origin of valley of Manipur--Expedition to the Naga Hills--Lovely scenery--Attack on Kongal Tannah by Burmese--Return from Naga Hills--Visit Kongal Tannah 95
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