By HAWKEYE (Major=Qeneral R. Hamilton). 



DEDICATED TO ALL HIS FELLOW-SPORTSMEN IN INDIA. 



Price Rs. 2. 

 CONTENTS. 



The Sambur. General appearance — Beating— Rutting season-- 

 Habits — Stalking Weight. 



The Ibex. Neilgherry wild goat — Habits — Stalking and bagging- 

 Size, breeding season, etc. 



A word to Sportsmen. Observance of a "fence time" — The 

 tiger — Man-eaters rare — How the tiger takes his prey — Sambur's 

 caution — Relish for stale food — Craftiness — Stalking. 



The Leopard or Panther. Their general character — Varieties- 

 Leopard pitted against a ram— The black leopard— A trap — More 

 pugnacious than tigers —Partiality for dog's flesh. 



Bears. Smoking out of den — Ludicrous scenes in bear-shooting — 

 Generally harmless— Narrow escapes— Toddy robbing— Sepoy and 

 bear • 



Snakes and other matters. The Python— Attack on a monkey 

 —Rock Snakes— How a hare was caught— The Cobra— Warning of 

 presence given by a Persian cat — Size — Anecdotes — The Beaver 

 snake — Description— The double-headed snake — Snakes on the 

 Neilgherries. 



Midnight experiences. Watch for a tiger — Two successful shots — 

 An amusing incident— How disappointing!— A fruitless watch- 

 Expectation disappointed— An interesting vigil— A vulture and its 

 voung — A deer bagged— xA regular crow to a little man. 



The Tiger. Climbing trees— A stag shot— Dog-killing— Snake 

 charming— Black monkeys — Migratory birds. 



Game Laws.— 



Incidents of Shikar. ' The monarch of the glen'— A stag~ihe 

 monarch bagged- Size of tigers— Bears and tigers— A big 'un— The 

 Kobeer man-eater— Buffon's theories -Rifle-shooting— Hares- 

 Deer tribe nomenclature— Fence time on the Neilgherries— Lion 

 shooting in India. 



Preservation of Game. Letter in Friend of India — The S. I. 

 Observer's views— Gun-tax— Fence months — Extinction of game 



in India. 

 Review of the proposed Game Act and Mniutes of Members of 



Government. 



ADDENDUM. Close season to be observed. 



Madras Act for the protection of Game and acclimatised Fish in 

 the District of Nilgiris. 



