

Preface 



glorious memories do such years contain ! From 

 such a store I have endeavoured to depict the 

 fund of pleasure, interest, and knowledge, let 

 alone that breezy spice of danger which adds 

 zest to all sport, which await the student of jungle 

 life in the shimmering East. 



I should like to add a word about the sketches 

 of the tracks of the various animals dealt with. 

 These sketches w r ere commenced in India a couple 

 of years ago, but I was, unfortunately, unable 

 to complete the whole series. That I have been 

 able to do so I owe to the courtesy of Mr. R. I. 

 Pocock, Superintendent of the London Zoological 

 Gardens, who placed at my disposal every possible 

 facility at his fine gardens. Unfortunately, Lon- 

 don does not possess an Indian Bison (Gaur). 

 My thanks are due to the Director of the Berlin 

 Zoological Gardens for some beautiful drawings, 

 which enabled me to check and improve my own. 

 I know of no other work where the ' tracks ' of 

 Indian game-animals have been dealt with. Rough 

 as are my sketches, I am in hopes, therefore, that 

 they may prove of use to brother shikaris. 



I would acknowledge my indebtedness to that 

 excellent little book, The Indian Field Shikar 

 Book, by W. S. Burke, for some of my notes 

 relative to size of heads, weight of animals, etc. 

 Where I have used my own records and notes, 

 I have checked them with his. 



To His Excellency the Viceroy, Lord Minto, 



