INTRODUCTION. 



THIS work was originally begun in the form 

 of articles for a sporting magazine. I was, 

 however, through the persuasion of friends, 

 induced to add to and enlarge them, and so 

 present them to the public in the form of a 

 volume. I have given merely plain records 

 of some incidents of Indian sport that came 

 under my own observation and within that 

 of my friends. Where I have been in doubt 

 on points connected with Natural History, 

 I have not hesitated to consult and quote 

 from authorities who can be relied on, viz., 

 such writers as Forsyth, Kinloch, McMaster, 

 etc. On the latter's writings, as a dear and 

 valued friend, I have ventured to draw largely, 



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