. The diary of a sportsman naturalist in India. Hunting; Game protection. £-py CHAPTER IV A hunter's paradise Chota Nagpur once moreâThe fascination of the study of the natural history of the forestâ-Malarious junglesâExtraordinary abundance of the large game animalsâBig herds of bisonâMonsoon and hot weather conditionsâAn animal census of the forests in the late nineties âArduous nature of bison trackingâBehaviour of wounded bisonâ The commissariat questionâStart off to fill the larderâA moonlight â walkâThe decisionâA barking deerâCome upon the fresh tracks of a herd of bisonâThe -450 expre
. The diary of a sportsman naturalist in India. Hunting; Game protection. £-py CHAPTER IV A hunter's paradise Chota Nagpur once moreâThe fascination of the study of the natural history of the forestâ-Malarious junglesâExtraordinary abundance of the large game animalsâBig herds of bisonâMonsoon and hot weather conditionsâAn animal census of the forests in the late nineties âArduous nature of bison trackingâBehaviour of wounded bisonâ The commissariat questionâStart off to fill the larderâA moonlight â walkâThe decisionâA barking deerâCome upon the fresh tracks of a herd of bisonâThe -450 express and temptationâProceed to track the bisonâHot weather conditionsâCome up with the herdâ I follow the herdâFire at a bullâAm charged by a young bullâI fire at himâSearch for the bisonâAm charged againâAn ineffective rifleâA third chargeâTreed by the bullâA long vigil and a vindictive enemyâA rescueâ-The dead bullâCarried back to camp. TWO years later I found myself back in, and now in charge of, the division in which I had enjoyed such fine sport as an Assistant. With a greater knowledge of the jungles and Indian sporting methods I promised myself a good timeâhopes that were to be fully realized. Already, however, my attention had been attracted to the study of the fauna of the great jungles in which my work lay, and I had begun to realize that there was a stage beyond the mere sportsman's pleasure in stalking and shooting and searching for record heads, fascinating as these pursuits proved ; that the study of the fauna of the jungles as a whole, and not of the game animals alone, was a most enthralling pursuit before which the mere acquisition of heads would occupy a secondary position. My work for the next year kept me out in the jungles the year round. This was exceptional and a hardship in its way. For owing to the deadly nature of the malaria prevalent in these forests in the monsoon months, the orders in force enacted that the whole of
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