Archive image from page 157 of The diary of a sportsman. The diary of a sportsman naturalist in India . diaryofsportsman00steb Year: 1920 CHAPTER X THE JUNGLES OF THE BENGAL DUARS AND ASSAM Fauna of Bengal Duars and Assam—Country to east and south—The rivers—Forest growth—Magnificent fauna sanctuaries—Disappear- ance of big game in western part—The Tista Division—Methods of shooting—-Rhinoceros—Types of forest—Game formerly abundant in Duars—Migration of elephants to hills—Sambhar—Reason for smaller heads—Sitting up over a salt-lick—Shift my post—The zareba—Moonlight in the forest—A sambhar a
Archive image from page 157 of The diary of a sportsman. The diary of a sportsman naturalist in India . diaryofsportsman00steb Year: 1920 CHAPTER X THE JUNGLES OF THE BENGAL DUARS AND ASSAM Fauna of Bengal Duars and Assam—Country to east and south—The rivers—Forest growth—Magnificent fauna sanctuaries—Disappear- ance of big game in western part—The Tista Division—Methods of shooting—-Rhinoceros—Types of forest—Game formerly abundant in Duars—Migration of elephants to hills—Sambhar—Reason for smaller heads—Sitting up over a salt-lick—Shift my post—The zareba—Moonlight in the forest—A sambhar appears—Night noises —An unexpected intruder—A tiger kills the sambhar—An uncertain shot—An anxious vigil—The morning's discovery. A SCORE of years ago, and less even than that, the elephant, bison, rhinoceros, all shy animals and animals requiring extensive jungles to live in, roamed through the great jungles of the Bengal Duars and Assam from the Jalpaiguri Forest Division eastwards, in numbers that may be characterized as large without undue exaggeration. Those who have a first-hand acquaintance with these jungles at the present day could tell a very different tale. And yet these great jungles still form, or could be made to form, an ideal sanctuary for game life, and animal life, speaking in a zoological sense, of this part of India. To the west of the area under consideration stretch the extensive forests of the plains and submontane hills of Nepal, a country closed to shooting to the European save 126
Size: 1799px × 1112px
Photo credit: © Actep Burstov / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: 1920, archive, biodiversity_heritage_library, book, bookauthor, bookdecade, bookpublisher, booksponsor, booksubject, bookyear, drawing, game_protection, historical, history, hunting, illustration, image, london_john_lane_new_york_john_lane_company, page, picture, print, reference, stebbing_edward_percy_1870_1960, vintage
