. Jungle by-ways in India; leaves from the note-book of a sportsman and a naturalist. Hunting; Natural history. Jungle By-Ways in India not good enough for his health any longer. Down goes his head and he bolts part of the way across the open, and with a tremendous ' swish, swish,' of his powerful wings he leaps into the air, and with his glorious peacock train flung in streamers to the. Suddenly at ground-level a head appears. breeze he is off in the wake of the old cock. Two brown shadows flick past on soaring wing—jungle hens—and all is quiet again, save that the noise of the beaters has no


. Jungle by-ways in India; leaves from the note-book of a sportsman and a naturalist. Hunting; Natural history. Jungle By-Ways in India not good enough for his health any longer. Down goes his head and he bolts part of the way across the open, and with a tremendous ' swish, swish,' of his powerful wings he leaps into the air, and with his glorious peacock train flung in streamers to the. Suddenly at ground-level a head appears. breeze he is off in the wake of the old cock. Two brown shadows flick past on soaring wing—jungle hens—and all is quiet again, save that the noise of the beaters has now arisen to a prolonged howl. A crash in the jungle in front and then silence. Another rush up to our right in the forest and again a pause. Something heavy there. 'Sambhar'the orderly mutters, and we nod. Will he break in 26. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Stebbing, Edward Percy, 1870-1960. London, J. Lane; New York, J. Lane company


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