. Jungle by-ways in India; leaves from the note-book of a sportsman and a naturalist. Hunting; Natural history. CHAPTER IV Sambhar—Habits—Does—Appearance—Tracks of sambhar—Size of horns—Mother and youngster—The mother's alarm—The young- ster's behaviour—The youngster takes a toss—The sambhar stag— Wariness of—How to find the stag—Disappearance of large stags from plains' forest—Poaching—Tracking the old stags in the hills —Difficult country—The big stag—An unexpected rencontre—A cold wait—Drawn blank—A long tramp—See a stag—Fall of the stag—A difficult descent—Find the stag—Curious horns—The n
. Jungle by-ways in India; leaves from the note-book of a sportsman and a naturalist. Hunting; Natural history. CHAPTER IV Sambhar—Habits—Does—Appearance—Tracks of sambhar—Size of horns—Mother and youngster—The mother's alarm—The young- ster's behaviour—The youngster takes a toss—The sambhar stag— Wariness of—How to find the stag—Disappearance of large stags from plains' forest—Poaching—Tracking the old stags in the hills —Difficult country—The big stag—An unexpected rencontre—A cold wait—Drawn blank—A long tramp—See a stag—Fall of the stag—A difficult descent—Find the stag—Curious horns—The native shikari's two kinds of sambhar. SAMBHAR THE sambhar is a much heavier and clumsier animal than the barasingha, and the noise of a stampeding herd is • like unto that of a troop of heavy cavalry charging. Their movements are heavy, and do not possess the beauty and grace peculiar to the smaller deer and many of the antelope, though they are by no means so ungainly and 54. 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, J. Lane; New York, J. Lane company
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