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ashes, or arsenical soap, then partially dried in the sun and 

 packed separately. Thus there is no chance of the hair 

 being rubbed off in transport, Moreover, the unsightly 

 mark of a join on the gullet is obviated when the head is 

 eventually stuffed. I may further suggest that when your 

 shikarees, should they be Mahomedans, perform the " hullal," 

 they should be strictly warned not to bleed the animal close 

 behind the jaws, as is invariably their custom, thereby dis- 

 figuring the throat ; but to do so far back, where the head 

 is to be severed from the trunk, as a bit of the neck adds so 

 much to the appearance of a specimen when set up. 



It has been suggested to me that a sketch-map should be 

 attached to this book. But with such excellent topographical 

 and route maps as are published at the office of the Surveyor- 

 General of India, at Calcutta, to refer to, anything less per- 

 fect would be worse than superfluous. And with the land- 

 marks, together with the habitats of different game given 

 throughout these pages, the sportsman can have little dif- 

 ficulty in finding his way to many of the best hunting- 

 grounds. 



The means of communication with India are now so 

 rapid and easy, that a trip to the Himalayas is nothing to 

 any one accustomed to travel. The very name of India, 

 which carries with it, and truly to a certain extent, the idea 

 of heat, sickness, and discomfort, deters many from going 

 there, except, perhaps, for a few winter months, when some 

 of its grandest attractions are lost to the sportsman or 

 tourist, owing to the higher Himalayan ranges being then 

 almost impracticable from snow. But it must be borne in 

 mind that a " gentleman at large " in India differs vastly, 

 in his position there, from a servant of Government. The 

 latter has, of course, to put up with whatever inconveniences 

 may fall to his lot, and is dependent for his shikar expedi- 

 tions on the limited periods of leave he may be able to 

 obtain, and these at times of year which are not always the 

 best either for travel or sport ; whereas the former, who is 



