ed thereby.
Proposal adjourned.

Proposal to store grain against times of famine.

Revenue should be remitted in full when there is no crop.

My speech in the Assembly as chairman of preliminary meetings.

Members called up in order to represent grievances and wants. The
marriage question again.

Influence of public opinion as regards age for consummation of
marriages.

Opinion of two native gentlemen as regards my speech.

An important concession gained by the representatives.

The admirable working of the Mysore Government. General
appreciation of the Dewan's administration.

Representatives have no power and do not want any. Causes of the
absence of any demand for parliamentary institutions such as
those in England.

Absence of general interest in the Assembly. Causes of this.

Great value of Assembly in bringing rulers and ruled together.
Such Assembly more necessary now than formerly. Causes of this.

The Indian Congress. Causes of the creation of.

Started in 1885 by a small number of the educated classes.

Seditious pamphlets circulated by the Congress.

Copies bought for the Athenaeum Club.

Mr. Dadabhai Naoroji, M.P. one of the sellers of the pamphlets.

Proceedings of the Congress legitimate till it fell under
guidance of Mr. Hume. Excuses for Mr. Dadabhai Naoroji.

The composition of the first and second Congresses.

The third Congress. The members desire to make the laws and
control the finances of India.

The Congress declares that as Indians in rural districts are not
qualified to elect members, these should be elected by an
electoral college composed of the flower of the educated classes.

As the desired powers are not likely to be obtained in India, the
people of England must be made to believe that India is being
misgoverned.

The Congress' schemes for bringing about a revolution in India.
Native volunteers to be enrolled to bring pressure to bear on the
Government. The Repeal of the Arms Act demanded.

The seditious pamphlets issued by the Congress.

The sums of money collected with the aid of the pamphlets.

Opinions of Congress that natives are wanting in the qualities
necessary for governing India.

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 for