BULLET AND SHOT 



This is undoubtedly the record head bagged by 

 the present generation of sportsmen. 



In Mysore Major L. (R.A.M.C.) bagged a bull 

 with a sweep measurement of 42^ inches, and horns 

 measuring 2 1 inches in girth : and in Canara, Mr. 

 St. Q. (of the i Qth Hussars) bagged another head, 

 which beats my biggest in all its measurements. In 

 each of these last two instances, the bull was the 

 first one ever shot by the fortunate sportsman. 



About a month before writing this, I saw a 

 magnificent head which had been bagged on the 



higher Travancore hills by Mr. W. M , a 



planter there, the sweep measurement of which is 

 either 42 or 41^ inches. 



The proper method by which to obtain the 

 accurate sweep measurement is to place the head 

 flat on a table, the forehead downwards, and with 

 a knife to make a scratch round the outside edge 

 of each of the horns at the widest part, and then, 

 after removal of the head, to measure the distance 

 between the scratches. 



A fine bull bison's head, well mounted, is a 

 splendid trophy, and the pale blue eye of the animal 

 is well imitated in the glass eyes made in America 

 for the use of taxidermists. The operator, in 

 mounting the head, should be careful to preserve 

 the curve caused by the arched nasal bones in 

 the original. 



Bison are widely distributed throughout the large 

 primeval forest tracts, and the secondary forest 

 adjoining such, all over India, and they are to be 

 found in hill ranges of great altitude, as well as in 



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