MISCELLANEOUS NOTES. 309" 



It is not easy to see the use of permanganate of potash and ghi, which 

 were recommended to Captain Hotson. If a good efl'ect followed the 

 administration of the medicine mentioned, it must be ascribed to the tea 

 on account of the tannic acid it contains. — E. B.] 



No, XXXII.— NOTES FROM THE ORIENTAL SPORTING MAGAZINE, 



NEW SERIES, 1869 to 1879. 



Bears : The late Colonel Nightingale sptared many bears in the Hydera- 

 bad country, mostly, if not entirely, off Arab horses. 



At pages 82 to 85 of Vol. XI a contributor relates the spearing of a 

 number of bears, and some hyenas, in the Nirmal jungles (Hyderabad, 

 Deccan) and relates the amusing sequence to a visit of a man-eating tiger 

 to his camp. The local " Cutwal " or Jemadar of Police suggested the 

 artful dodge of dressing up a sheep in garb of a man ! The device was 

 tried and did not answer, and indeed appeared, as well it might, to keep 

 the tiger away from the camp. 



At page 164: the exciting sport of spearing bears by moonlight is graphi- 

 cally told. 



liliinoceros : A sportsman, " T. A. D.," relates in Vol. IX, 1876, p. 557, 

 et seq., his sport in shooting Rhinoceros, in the Bhutan Dovars, off an 

 elephant. No wonder that these unfortunate animals have woefully decreas- 

 ed in numbers ! Such sportsmen were not entirely to blame as witness the 

 following : *• W " writes at p. 638. " The shooting in the Dovars will not 

 last much longer. I was credibly informed that the '' Pahlvvaris or shikaris 

 had killed no less than 200 Rhinoceros." 



Here is "T. A. D.'s" account of his own doings. "The sun had set for 

 some time, and I was obliged to give in : but I had bagged five rhinos in 

 in that one day, and had wounded at least five times five more, a good 

 many of which must have died. . . . My hands were blistered and bleed- 

 ing with loading and I had broken two ramrods. I must have fired at least 

 a hundred shots that day." The rifle used was a 12 bore and the locality 

 East of the River Torsak near Patla Khowah in the Bhutan Dovars, 



Wolves : There are recorded several instances of the riding down and 

 spearing of wolves, and also of black brick. An instance of wolves hunting 

 by concerted plan is also related. 



The Wild Ass : At p. 276 of Vol. VI, 1873, is an account of the hunting 

 of wild donkeys in the Runn of Cutch. Some 30 to 50 horsemen took part 

 in the drive which resulted in one young ass being run down and captured 

 in 3 hours and 5 minutes (6-25 to 9-30 a.m.) the distance covered being 

 estimated at 40 miles. 



Various incidents x In Vol. IV (p. 328) a contributor writes that near 

 Dehra Dun, a panther was killed by a Ghoorka recruit who threw a stone at 

 it and fractured its skull. The man came on the beast as it was drinking 

 at a pool in a nala. 



It is nob uncommon in the Lower Himalayas for panthers to be killed by 

 the hillmen with their axes, but the doing in of a panther by a hand thrown 

 stone must be a very unique performance. 



At p. 83 of Vol. XII is a note of an elephant having been bitten by a 

 mad dog, and dying of hydrophobia. 



The spearing of a nilghae off Arab horses in Kathiawar is related : not a 

 difficult feat in suitable ground. 



The " Pheo " call : In the same volume a contributor writes that the 

 " Pheo " call is uttered by a jackal and that this cry indicates that some 

 wild beast of the feline tribe is afoot. This is also the writer's experiency, 

 though it is not infallible, as on one occasion the cry was clearly caused be 

 the presence of a hyjena. 



