CHAPTER IX. 



"HINTS TO SPORTSMEN." 



Deer-Stalking Chamois and Ibex Hunting Feline Animals 

 Elephant-Hunting Pig-Sticking Dumb Companions. 



D THERE is no animal more shy or 



solitary by nature than the stag. He 

 takes alarm from every living thing in the forest ; 

 the slightest sound, be it only the fall of a leaf or 

 the scratching of a jungle fowl, will scare and set 

 him off in a moment. Except in certain embar- 

 rassed situations, they always run up wind, their 

 great security lying in their extreme keenness of 

 scent, for they can smell a taint in the air at an 

 almost incredible distance. 



When a hart is disabled and run down by dogs, 

 and he feels that he cannot escape by speed, he 



