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insects ; but an application of turpentine will now do no 

 harm. 



Should the sportsman wish to provide himself with the 

 wherewithal of treating wounds, especially those inflicted 

 by felines, which are rendered so dangerous by the invari- 

 ably septic condition of their claws and teeth, the following 

 may be found useful : 



A strong glass syringe, a pair of forceps, some anti- 

 septic lint and cotton wool, borax and iodoform powder, 

 and a bottle of tabloids of perchloride of mercury. 



The latter when dissolved in water, strength i in 1000, 

 makes the surest antiseptic lotion when used in the 

 syringe. Carbolic and other oil should be avoided. 



To men accustomed to hunt in bracing temperate and 

 cold climates only, the camp of an Indian shikari would 

 perhaps appear unnecessarily, even absurdly luxurious. 

 The hardy hunter from the North- West of America, for 

 instance, used to ' roughing it ' with pack and ' billy,' 

 might feel inclined to scoff at the appurtenances of his 

 fellow-sportsman in the East. 



But in the hot and enervating jungles of India billy- 

 boiling and roughing it will not do ; which is proved by 

 the fact that there are no white labourers in this country. 

 No white man can, for any length of time, undergo physical 

 labour in India under a labourer's conditions. 



Out here, even at the least unhealthy time of year, a few 

 scratch meals or insufficiently and badly cooked food may 

 soon result in dysentery ; while the exertion of hard work 

 under an Indian sun, if uncompensated for by rest, good 



