. The diary of a sportsman naturalist in India. Hunting; Game protection. THE JUNGLES OF SOUTHERN INDIA 149 had evidently not been able to reach the lungs owing to the enormous thickness of the body at this point. My second shoulder shot was too low. The frontal one, at about twenty yards or less as he charged, had merely floored him. He was too far spent, however, or his last charge would have in all probability got us. For he had cunningly doubled on his tracks, a nasty trick of this animal when wounded, and thus taken us in the Please note that these images are extracted from scanned
. The diary of a sportsman naturalist in India. Hunting; Game protection. THE JUNGLES OF SOUTHERN INDIA 149 had evidently not been able to reach the lungs owing to the enormous thickness of the body at this point. My second shoulder shot was too low. The frontal one, at about twenty yards or less as he charged, had merely floored him. He was too far spent, however, or his last charge would have in all probability got us. For he had cunningly doubled on his tracks, a nasty trick of this animal when wounded, and thus taken us in the 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, John Lane; New York, John Lane company
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