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CHAPTER XVI. 



ON RIFLES, GROUND AND OUTFIT. 



India as a Field for Sport Comparison with other Countries In- 

 dian v. African Sport Where to Go Cost of a Shikar Trip 

 Rifles and Guns best Adapted for Indian Sport Outfit 

 Arrangements for Supplies Beaters to be Paid Personally 

 Conclusion. 



IT has often been a matter of surprise to me that 

 British sportsmen, with the means to gratify the 

 love of sport that is inherent in most Englishmen, 

 do not oftener go in for a shikar trip to the sunny 

 land of the East. In other countries, no doubt, 

 game of every description is to be found in as 

 great variety and in as great numbers, but in 

 most of these countries the pursuit of sport is 

 attended with far greater expense, and many more 

 difficulties. Servants are not so easily obtained, 

 means of transport for large supplies has to be 

 provided, and many comforts cannot be taken. 

 Much rough and dirty work has to be done by 



