Archive image from page 55 of The diary of a sportsman. The diary of a sportsman naturalist in India . diaryofsportsman00steb Year: 1920 CHAPTER III BEATING FOR BEAR IN CHOTA NAGPUR—A STATION SHOOT ' Mixed ' shooting parties—The bundobast necessary for a Station shoot —Beating for bear in March—Ordered to prepare the machans— Bruin brought to book—The leopard and the goat—Bear country— Bears as plentiful as blackberries—Tackling bear—Crows—The Indian vulture and its habits—Bears' partiality for the mhowa flowers—Incidents of the day's shoot—Several bears bagged—Usual method of shooting bears—
Archive image from page 55 of The diary of a sportsman. The diary of a sportsman naturalist in India . diaryofsportsman00steb Year: 1920 CHAPTER III BEATING FOR BEAR IN CHOTA NAGPUR—A STATION SHOOT ' Mixed ' shooting parties—The bundobast necessary for a Station shoot —Beating for bear in March—Ordered to prepare the machans— Bruin brought to book—The leopard and the goat—Bear country— Bears as plentiful as blackberries—Tackling bear—Crows—The Indian vulture and its habits—Bears' partiality for the mhowa flowers—Incidents of the day's shoot—Several bears bagged—Usual method of shooting bears—Bear caves—Beating bears out of caves— Bears hard to kill—A day after bear— and his laugh—Success- ful sport— and the bear—A perilous moment—The bear's discomfiture—Failure to get him— explains—A good day's bag. M IXED ' shooting parties are not, perhaps, greatly favoured by the keen shikari man. In my experience such parties are commoner in the cooler and less malarious climate of North-Western India than in the Central and other parts of the country. As an Assistant, however, I plead guilty to having thought them great fun, the presence of some members of the fair sex adding a piquancy to the proceedings not entirely due to the sporting element. And what a business it is, a day's Station shooting picnic when the ladies are included The bundobast necessary to ensure matters going smoothly is terrific. It is not costly. It is not the expense of the 30
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