The thousands of readers who already know Kenneth Anderson's stories of adventure in pursuit of the man-eating beasts of the Indian jungle will know what to expect from his third^, and probably his best book. Few can equal him in jungle-lore, his knowledge ofthe ways of th wild creatures, of the hunters and the hunted and none can tell a better story, full of exciter ment and color, and crammed with unusual in- formation. Each one of his tales, the truth of which is evident in the simple effective style, holds the reader enthralled from the first wcrd to the last. In this book the concentration is upon panthers rather than tigers, a very different animal in his habits and quite di^^-r.t 1: deal with. But there are tigers as well, snakes arid a great bull bison that survived a titanic brittle with a tiger.Thesearenomerehunter'sstories: thrills there are, but difficulties too, failures* and disappointments. But the author, who has 5*pent a lifetime in trying to understand the mhy.ds of jungle creatures, takes us into his confidence and explains the methodsby which he ha,y been able to rid the remoter inhabitants of of Irftdia *"ftheir mostterrible enemies. In d,oing so i vivid picture of the forest scene, /".likely to forget. v7-9vr'^.' ^.irC-/f, -/.0 Anderson The "deck lio:?; in, Sivar.I^alli KANSAS CITY. MO. PUBLIC LIBRARY The Black Panther ofSivanipalli by Kenneth Anderson NINE MAN-EATERS AND ONE ROGUE MAN-EATERS AND JUNGLE KILLERS i. Theauthor The Black Panther of Sivanipalli AND OTHER ADVENTURES OF THE INDIAN JUNGLE by Kenneth Anderson RAND M9NALLY & COMPANY CHICAGO NEW YORK SAN FRANCISCO PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN