BULLET AND SHOT 



cerned, but if wounded and followed up, though 

 very liable to charge, they can be easily brained by 

 a bullet when within a few paces from the rifle. 



In jungles little disturbed by man, bears may 

 be found in wet weather, when their tracks are 

 rendered visible, by following them up to their 

 lairs often mere depressions or forms in the shade 

 of bamboo clumps, or hollows under overhanging 

 rocks ; and in the mornings, and in the afternoons 

 also on cool, cloudy days in the monsoon, they are 

 often come upon by chance when they are out 

 feeding, and while the sportsman is in quest of 

 other game. 



Sometimes bears are to be found in high, rocky 

 hills with no other superficial cover than huge 

 boulders and a little scrub jungle, but in such 

 cases there are usually deep caves which form 

 the lying -up places of the animals during the 

 day. In the latter case, they may he shot in 

 one of two ways. Either the sportsman must 

 ascend the hill frequented by them so early as to 

 reach a position above a favourite cave before 

 earliest dawn, and shoot them on their return 

 from their nocturnal wanderings ; or, should the 

 caves be shallow enough to admit of it, he may 

 shoot them in the day-time by rousing them out, 

 by means of stones or fireworks thrown into the 

 mouth of each much -frequented hiding-place. Of 

 course, in so doing, he should, if it be practicable, 

 take up his position above the cave. 



The traffic and signs at the mouths of the caves 

 will indicate which of them are most commonly used 



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