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feet square, and a small " pal," would be sufficient for 

 two sportsmen ; and would cost at the Jubbulpiir 

 School of Industry (whence they should be ordered 

 beforehand and sent to the railway station) about £30. 

 A strong rough pony is the best animal to ride, unless 

 hunting on horseback is contemplated, when a good 

 Arab should be bought in the Bombay stables. The 

 former are not always to be picked up on the spot, but 

 can generally be bought in Bombay at a cost of about 

 £20. A good Arab, fit to hunt under eleven stone, will 

 cost £80 or £100. Arrangements should be made to 

 get the loan of or purchase a staunch shooting-elephant 

 and howdah ; for, though much good sport can be got 

 without one, a far heavier bag will be realised with the 

 help of an elephant. They are difficult to obtain, 

 however, at any time ; and a really good one will not 

 be bought for less than £200 to £300. Decent shikaris 

 can generally be obtained on the spot, though they will 

 not of course come up to men who have been brought 

 up by the sportsman himself to the work. The current 

 expenses, after the outfit has been bought, will come 

 to about £30 per mensem for each sportsman. Of 

 course a man accustomed to rough it could get on, 

 and obtain the best of sport at a much less expense 

 than this, which is laid down for a party wishing to 

 enjoy all the comforts of the Indian style of travelling 

 in camp. Such an adventurous sportsman need only 

 get for himself a small pal tent and a few necessary 

 implements of travel, and hire a camel to carry them, 

 buy a rough pony for £5 or £10, hire a couple of 

 servants, and plunge with his rifle into the wilderness. 

 If capable of speaking the Hindi language, and con- 

 ciliatory towards the wild men, he would soon have 

 about him a knot of real jungle hunters who would take 



