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chandelle ;' that you would be forced to sit for 

 hours in an awkward and cramped position, half 

 numbed with cold and damp ; that you would be 

 eaten up by mosquitoes, sand-flies, etc., and so 

 on, ad infinitwn. Personally, however, I must 

 confess that this mode of shooting the wild deni- 

 zens of the jungle always had for me a certain 

 charm and attraction, in spite of numerous dis- 

 appointments. During the witching hours of 

 night that is, if you be a lover of nature, and 

 take an interest in natural history you will have 

 opportunities afforded you of seeing and observ- 

 ing, unseen yourself, the habits of many animals 

 and birds that are invisible during the hotter 

 hours of day, when they retire to cool dark spots 

 in the jungle, where they are protected from the 

 fierce rays of the mid-day sun, and are unlikely 

 to be intruded upon by man ; whilst your excite- 

 ment will be kept up by the chance of at any 

 moment seeing the monarch of the jungles, the 

 royal tiger himself, stalk forth to quench his 

 thirst. 



In sitting up for game at night, there are two 

 methods employed, either of which may recom- 

 mend itself to the choice of the sportsman ; but, 

 of course, he must to a certain extent be guided 

 in his choice first, by the species of game he 

 expects to shoot, and secondly, by the nature and 



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