The Sambar 



" And it is in this that the gist of the matter lies. 

 The real sportsman is ready to undertake any amount 

 of labour in order to bring his game to bag, and the 

 more trouble and toil he expends in its pursuit the 

 more does he value his quarry and the trophy it yields, 

 whilst he does not gauge success by numbers. But 



Fig. 39. — Frontlet and Antlers of the Malay Sambar, from a Burmese specimen 

 in the British Museum. 



the Other kind of hunter thinks only of killing his 

 animal, and cares not in what manner it is slain, so 

 long as it falls to his rifle, preferring that method 

 of procedure which entails the least possible trouble 

 and exertion. A few miles' drive or ride from camp 

 or station ; a comfortable place in the shade of a 

 tree whilst the beat is being arranged ; and a shot 



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