CHAPTER IV 



Sambhar Habits Does Appearance Tracks of sambhar Size of 

 horns Mother and youngster The mother's alarm The young- 

 ster's behaviour The youngster takes a toss The sambhar stag 

 Wariness of How to find the stag Disappearance of large stags 

 from plains' forest Poaching Tracking the old stags in the hills 

 Difficult country The big stag An unexpected rencontre A 

 cold wait Drawn blank A long tramp See a stag Fall of the 

 stag A difficult descent Find the stag Curious horns The 

 native shikari's two kinds of sambhar. 



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cavalry 

 and do 

 to the 

 though 



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sambhar is a much heavier and 

 clumsier animal than the barasingha, 

 and the noise of a stampeding herd is 

 like unto that of a troop of heavy 

 charging. Their movements are heavy, 

 not possess the beauty and grace peculiar 

 smaller deer and many of the antelope, 

 they are by no means so ungainly and 



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