BULLET AND SHOT 



IN 



INDIAN FOREST, PLAIN, AND HILL 



CHAPTER I. 

 INTRODUCTION 



SPORT, as distinguished from butchery, needs 

 neither apology nor excuse ; the former is the 

 moderate and humane exercise of an inherent 

 instinct worthy of a cultivated gentleman, the latter 

 the revolting outcome of the undisciplined nature 

 of the savage. 



Amongst real sportsmen and the bravest soldiers 

 will be found the most gentle and tender-hearted 

 members of their sex, whilst the pursuit of large 

 game in the spirit of true sport is an education in 

 itself. 



Field- Marshal Lord Roberts, v.c., etc., when, as 

 Sir F. Roberts, he was Commander-in-Chief in 

 Madras, gave a very practical indication of his 

 opinion of the value of such training in the case 

 of young officers, by encouraging the latter to go 

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