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man may bag more, but, after all, the man who 

 really cares for sport will think more of the nature 

 of the animal he pursues and the difficulty of 

 obtaining it ; its fighting powers ; the scenery 

 amid which it is found, and its wildness; than 

 of the actual numbers : and I venture to express 

 the opinion that a sportsman, returning from a 

 successful shikar trip to India, will be able to 

 show trophies which Africa cannot match. 



Africa and India have both elephants, but the 

 Indian elephant is a far finer-looking animal, 

 better bred, quite as, if not more, intelligent, and, 

 as a fighter, better, I believe. In India, certainly, 

 we have no hippopotami, giraffes, or zebras, but 

 the pursuit of these animals, as far as their utility 

 goes in the shape of affording food or handsome 

 trophies, may be dismissed as nil. In the North- 

 ern parts of Hindoostan, on the borders of Thibet, 

 the kyang, or wild ass, may be found, which afford 

 about as much sport as a zebra would, but they 

 are generally unmolested, except, perhaps, by one 

 or two being shot, merely for the sake of the 

 sportsman being able to say that he has done so. 

 In Assam and Bhootan, rhinoceros will be found 

 whose fighting powers are quite equal to his 

 African cousin's. The Indian wild buffalo has far 

 superior horns to the African one, and is quite 

 as savage. In India, too, we can boast of other 



