The sports of the world, with illustrations from drawings and photographs . lcutta. It is, however, to befound in Bhutan Duars, where I saw one that hadbeen shot by a friend of mine. I do not think that there is much difference insize between the two species ; but the females ofsondciicus have no vestige of a horn, and the skinappears to be formed of mosaic, instead of beingstudded with protuberant knobs. The arrange-ment of the folds of the skin is, moreover, quitedifferent. While R. unicornis delights in thickets of grassand reeds, with the luxury of frequent wallows inmuddy pools, R. sondci
The sports of the world, with illustrations from drawings and photographs . lcutta. It is, however, to befound in Bhutan Duars, where I saw one that hadbeen shot by a friend of mine. I do not think that there is much difference insize between the two species ; but the females ofsondciicus have no vestige of a horn, and the skinappears to be formed of mosaic, instead of beingstudded with protuberant knobs. The arrange-ment of the folds of the skin is, moreover, quitedifferent. While R. unicornis delights in thickets of grassand reeds, with the luxury of frequent wallows inmuddy pools, R. sondciicus is more of a forest-loving animal, and I have found its tracks amonglow hills, where entanglements of the thorny canerender its pursuit on elephants almost impossible,and on foot nearly equally difficult. Although I have several times attempted totrack one, I have never been successful. In the Sunderbunds (a corruption of the names Sundri Ban—meaning the forest of Sundritrees\ I have no doubt that anyone with leisuremight be pretty sure of obtaining a shot at this. CLOSE QUARTERS. 164 THE SPORTS OF THE WORLD. little known animal ; but special arrangementswould have to be made for boats from Calcutta,and also for commissariat, as the resources of the Sunderbunds are decidedly limited. I believe,however, that the unhealthiness of this districthas been greatly exaggerated, and that the man- I fired at his forehead, but either I or my elephantmust have been unsteady, for my bullet, as Iafterwards found, merely grazed his snout. Withan angry grunt he turned round and rushed backinto the reeds, receiving as he did so the bulletfrom my left barrel in the ribs. The beaterswere now close up, and in a very few minutes I hadthe satisfaction of hearing that they had found himlying dead, having been shot through the thus shot, the rhinoceros generally pro-
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