2OO Leaves from an Indian Jungle. 



reducing to the minimum a long list of favourite wea- 

 pons. 



Except for use on ponderous game, with the proper 

 bullet, the high velocity rifle appears to have almost too 

 high a velocity for sporting purposes. Throughout a consi- 

 derable experience it has been noted that, although actually 

 conveying less damage to the animal struck, the slower 

 travelling ordinary express bullet and, in still greater 

 degree, the Paradox bullet knocks down an animal ; 

 whereas the cordite rifle appears rather to numb its victim 

 with the extraordinary velocity of its projectile, which 

 seems to lose knocking-down power in an impact w r hich is 

 so sudden and penetrative. 



There seems to be less chance of an animal eventually 

 getting away when hit by a high velocity rifle ; but the 

 slower travelling bullet rolls a beast over, at least tempo- 

 rarily, and enables one to put in more shooting before it 

 can regain its legs. Dynamics appear to bear out our 

 argument. It is the knock-down push or blow that is so 

 useful in that short second of time when a man may be 

 reached by a brute thirsting for his blood ; and that this is 

 best conveyed by a handy ball and shot gun seems 

 incontestable. What we do require now is a reliable 

 smokeless powder for use behind the Paradox ball, for the 

 smoke produced by black powder is awful, especially in 

 a damp atmosphere ; and this seems to have been at length 

 produced, and recently pronounced a success. 



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A difficulty is sometimes experienced by sportsmen in 

 temporarily treating and preserving from injury the skins 

 of tigers and other animals shot ; the usual practice in 

 India being to peg out the skin in the shade, and dry it 



