. The diary of a sportsman naturalist in India. Hunting; Game protection. JUNGLES OF BENGAL DUARS AND ASSAM 129 part of the area I am discussing. Some years later I was able to extend my observations during a tour through Goalpara to the east of the Bengal Duars, and still further east into the Tezpur jungles. They are magnificent jungles in this western tract, alike in many characteristics to the great Terai jungles of North- West India, which we shall consider later, but so unlike in others. The sal tree, which reaches the eastern boundary of its range near Tezpur, forms the principal specie
. The diary of a sportsman naturalist in India. Hunting; Game protection. JUNGLES OF BENGAL DUARS AND ASSAM 129 part of the area I am discussing. Some years later I was able to extend my observations during a tour through Goalpara to the east of the Bengal Duars, and still further east into the Tezpur jungles. They are magnificent jungles in this western tract, alike in many characteristics to the great Terai jungles of North- West India, which we shall consider later, but so unlike in others. The sal tree, which reaches the eastern boundary of its range near Tezpur, forms the principal species com- mercially in these great forests as it does in the Terai, but how different is their character ! Here in the east the. climate is very hot and very damp, with the consequence that the vegetation is exceedingly dense, abounding in creepers, undergrowth, and tall grass, almost impervious, save to the elephant, '"hinoceros and buffalo, whilst the luxuriant growth of canes, bamboos, giant creepers, a variety of brilliant flowering shrubs, and gorgeous-coloured orchids point to the tropical nature of the area. The grass both in and outside the forests is dense and high, and shooting save from the back of an elephant is almost an impossibility, if results are to be secured. Practically the only other method is to sit in a machan. In the foothills to the north the rhinoceros is sometimes pursued on foot,. 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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