BULLET AND SHOT 



great Bikanir Desert, the home of the finest black 

 buck in India; while in the Nepaul Terai, Assam, 

 and the Bhootan dooars, a further addition of the 

 great Indian rhinoceros must be made. Once the 

 Himalayas are reached, most of the southern game 

 animals disappear, though a few of them are found 

 at comparatively low elevations on those hills. In 

 the sub- Himalayan tracts, in addition to most of the 

 game animals of the south, the swamp deer and 

 hog deer occur, as well as the buffalo and rhinoceros. 

 On the Himalayas, an entirely new set of fauna is 

 met with, comprising at various altitudes, the mark- 

 hor, Himalayan ibex, serow, gooral, ovis ammon, 

 burhel, shapoo, Cashmere and Sikkim stags, musk- 

 deer, the red and black bears of the Himalayas, the 

 snow leopard and the yak. 



It will be observed from the above that the north 

 of India offers a far greater variety of large game 

 to the sportsman than does the south, for most of 

 the game animals which inhabit the latter are found 

 in some parts of the former also, while the north 

 can boast in addition a large and exclusive game- 

 list of its own. 



The difference in the size of the trophies of the 

 same species obtainable in various parts of India 

 is very marked, as also the methods which must, 

 according to local conditions, be employed in re- 

 ducing the game into possession, some of the latter 

 being far more enjoyable than are others. 



Speaking very generally and comprehensively, 

 the south, the Central Provinces, and hill ranges 

 everywhere are the fields wherein shooting on 



