Game Animals of India, etc. 



Marmots feed chiefly on roots, and live in colonies, 

 excavating their own burrows. In shooting them, it is 

 essential that they should be killed outright at the first 

 shot, as otherwise they drag themselves down their 

 burrows out of reach of the sportsman's arm before he 

 can get up to the burrow, to the entrance of which they 

 resort when danger threatens. After being once fired 

 at and missed they will generally reappear after a short 

 interval ; but, in my own experience, after having been 

 twice shot at, they consider discretion the better part of 

 valour, and remain under ground. In the absence of 

 a rook-rifle, I used to kill marmots by shooting them 

 in the head with a charge from a shot-gun, but there is 

 little doubt that the former weapon would be better 

 for such sport. 



HARES 



(Genus Lepus) 



Native Names. — Khargosh, Hindustani, Pushtu, and 

 Persian ; K/iara, Susra or Sassa, Hindustani, 

 Bengali, and Mahrathi ; LambJia or Lambhana^ 

 Hindustani ; Malol^ Gond ; Kulkai^ Kols and 

 Santals ; Koarliy Korku ; Manye^ Hill-tribes 

 of Rajmehal ; Sassa, Sa/io, or Se/ier, Sindi 

 Tun and Phu-goung^ Burmese ; Malla, Canarese 

 Musal, Tamil ; Kundeli a'^h Chourapiiliy Telegu 

 Moiiu, Malabari ; Hava, Cingalese ; Rigong, 

 Tibetan. 



As hares clearly come under the designation of 

 " small game," the more important species found in 

 the area treated of in this volume receive brief mention. 



In many parts of the world there is a tendency to 

 compare long-eared animals with the despised but useful 

 ass. Thus the Persian name for a hare (khargosh) 

 means the donkey-eared animal, while in the United 

 States other members of the group are designated 



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