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CHAPTEE V. 1 



BEFORE relating my own experience of it, I shall endeavour 

 to describe one of the methods of killing jurrow, which is 

 often resorted to by Himalayan native shikarees at the season 

 these deer make their nightly raids on patches of young corn 

 which may be situated near their haunts. The hunter first 

 finds out a " run" or track by which jurrow are in the habit 

 of making their way through the forest to their feeding- 

 ground or elsewhere. This is easily discovered, as it is usu- 

 ally well defined, from the animals so often taking the same 

 one. He then selects an open spot, on a ridge if possible, 

 over which the " run" leads. Here he digs a small shallow 

 hole a few inches wide, and in it moistens the loose earth by 

 a natural action. He sometimes throws some salt on the 

 wet earth, but he generally considers this an unnecessary bit 

 of extravagance. The deer, in passing, are attracted by the 

 odour, and, like most animals, being partial to anything of a 

 saline nature, finding this on their path, generally stop and 

 partake of it. 



This operation is repeated at intervals by the shikaree, 

 until in a few days a hole sometimes a foot or so deep is 

 eaten down by the deer. Each time he visits the kar (salt), 

 as he terms it, he obliterates the footprints around the hole, 

 so that he is generally able to ascertain about the number 



1 The first part of this chapter, as also portions of chapters viii., ix., xiii., 

 xiv., xv., xvi., were contributed by the author, years ago, to the 'Oriental 

 Sporting Magazine,' published at Calcutta. 



