The sportsman's book for India . holly imaginary, has pro-bably been exaggerated. Though the gaur is not ordinarilya dangerous animal, great care should be exercised in follow-ing it up when wounded. I myself have been charged byone, and iwo of my sons were on other occasions knockedover and narrowly escaped being killed. A 12-bore sphericalbullet, with 7 drams of black powder, served me so well thatwith it I killed 9 gaur within a week, and that without losinga single wounded one. I have no doubt that one of themodern small-bore rifles with nitro powder would be equallyeffective.] HIMALAYAN S
The sportsman's book for India . holly imaginary, has pro-bably been exaggerated. Though the gaur is not ordinarilya dangerous animal, great care should be exercised in follow-ing it up when wounded. I myself have been charged byone, and iwo of my sons were on other occasions knockedover and narrowly escaped being killed. A 12-bore sphericalbullet, with 7 drams of black powder, served me so well thatwith it I killed 9 gaur within a week, and that without losinga single wounded one. I have no doubt that one of themodern small-bore rifles with nitro powder would be equallyeffective.] HIMALAYAN SHOOTING My chief object in these notes is to give as muchuseful and necessary information as possible tothe stranger to India who contemplates shooting,and also to correct a mistaken idea, which existsamong many who have known India far longerthan I have, that a shooting trip to the Himalayasis, of necessity, a long, expensive and difficultundertaking. I can thoroughly sympathise withthe stranger in the land, for, when I came to. HIMALAYAN SHOOTING 8i India, I was told if I wanted any leave I must go atonce. I made up my mind to go, and when I hadbeen just over a month in the Punjaub I startedto shoot any animals I might find in the mountainsnorth of Dalhousie, with a servant and shikari whocould not speak a word of English ! I was recom-mended to go after black bear, but I refrained frommaking any definite statement of my plans, as I hada suspicion in my own mind that these animalsno longer existed, having been shot out manyyears ago. However I soon found they were areality, and I thoroughly enjoyed my two monthsleave, although my bag only consisted of a redbear, a small black bear, and a goural. I was,on that occasion, totally dependent on my shikari,as I knew nothing of the country, or of the animalsof which I was in pursuit; consequently I re-mained, as I afterwards discovered, somewherein the vicinity of my shikaris native village allthe time, thereby enabling him and my c
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