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CHAPTER VI 



Some difficulties in stalking Importance of knowledge of habits of 

 animals met with Stalking black buck A fox intervenes I miss 

 the buck Monkeys Run into a family party Stalk a stag chitul 

 The monkeys give the alarm Lose the stag The monkey's 

 panchayit. 



SOME DIFFICULTIES OF STALKING 



MUCH could be written on the sub- 

 ject of that most fascinating of all 

 methods of shooting big game in 

 India stalking them on foot. For 

 we have such a variety of game in the country, 

 and to stalk with any chance of securing a decent 



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