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ing out himself with one attendant, and searching 

 silently the spots sambur are known to frequent. 

 For this sport a good pair of binoculars is indis- 

 pensable, for it is astonishing how easily a sambur 

 may be mistaken for an old tree-stump, or rock. 



In pursuing this method the sportsman should 

 endeavour to be just below the sky-line of a ridge 

 of hills, so that the deer which always travel up- 

 wards should have less chance of detecting him. 

 He then will have the chance of meeting any stags 

 that may be returning to their forms, or, should 

 he be unsuccessful in this, he may come across 

 stags lying down after the sun is up. 



Another method is to send out some of the 

 jungle-men in couples, long before daylight ; these 

 should post themselves where they can command 

 a good view of the surrounding country. Some 

 spot may be appointed as a rendezvous to which 

 the sportsman may proceed when it suits him. 

 Probably one or more of these couples will have 

 marked down a stag, then one man will remain 

 behind to see that the deer has not moved, whilst 

 the other returns to bring the sportsman news, and 

 guide him to the spot. This being indicated, all 

 will then depend on his own knowledge of venerie 

 whether he obtains a shot or not, and it is often 

 no easy task to approach the wary animal, for 

 dead leaves, dry as tinder, and rotten sticks abound. 



