THE HUNTING-GROUNDS OF THE 

 OLD WORLD. 



BT 



H. A. L., " THE OLD SHEKARRY." 



OPINIONS OF THE PRESS. 



" THE TIMES," 26th December, 1860. 



Sporting adventures depend for their interest entirely upon the narrator. 

 If he adds to professional enthusiasm the qualities of a good companion, 

 the public ear is soon gained. The spirit of our Teutonic forefathers is 

 still strong within us, and the charms of a wild life are heightened by the 

 consciousness of interests to which they were strangers. But the " Old 

 Shekarry" is more than a mere executioner of wild beasts. If but half of 

 his stories are true — and we believe every word of them — he is a sportsman 

 of a very rare order. To first-rate marksmanship, undaunted resolution and 

 endurance, he appears to unite great powers of organisation, and the faculty 

 of attaching men and even animals to himself. Such characters in rougher 

 times have become " hunters of men," and it is a great pity that even now 

 they are not oftener employed on the " special services " of war. Mean- 

 while, the feats of our countrymen in far-off jungles and on untrodden 

 mountains are not without their influence in supporting thai prestige which 

 forms the outworks of national power. 



These reminiscences range over the Deccan, Southern India, and Cir- 

 cassia, and conclude with some " Practical Hints on Firearms and their 

 Use." A greater variety of sporting experiences has probably never fallen 

 to the lot of anyone, and the invariable good fortune of the author seems 



