PREFACE 



"^HE Author hopes that, in spite of the many 

 A. able works upon Indian Sport which have 

 been written, a welcome may yet be accorded to 

 the present effort to supply what he believes to be 

 a want, viz., reliable and detailed information 1 for 

 the use of beginners in Indian Shooting. He also 

 trusts that brother sportsmen and the general read- 

 ing public may derive some pleasure from the 

 perusal of his personal experiences. 



The Author first went to India in the autumn 

 of 1876, remained for five years in Assam and 

 Sylhet, and then, having been offered an appoint- 

 ment in the forest department of the Mysore State, 

 he accepted the same and entered upon his duties 

 in Mysore upon the first day of the year 1882. 

 From that date (with the exception, of course, of 

 periods spent on leave at home) till 1896, when 

 he left Mysore in order to practise at the Bar 

 in Madura (S. India), he had constant opportunities, 

 when on inspection duty in the forests, as well as 

 on leave, of enjoying his favourite sport, and also 



