BULLET AND SHOT 



The best Southern India head which I have per- 

 sonally measured is one shot by Mr. M. (then 

 of the i Qth P.W.O. Hussars), who had previously 

 killed only some three or four antelope, and was 

 moreover quite a novice at game shooting with 

 the rifle. This head was bagged at Guntakul, on 

 the Southern Mahratta Railway, and it measured 

 22^- inches. 



Black buck horns are measured straight from 

 base to tip, without following the curves, conse- 

 quently a much curved horn, though often actually 

 longer in the spiral than a very straight one, will 

 show a smaller measurement than the latter. 



Usually one horn is slightly longer than the other, 

 and the measurement of the longer one is that 

 accorded to the head. 



In Mysore, an average herd of antelope consists 

 of from ten to fifteen animals, including, as a rule, 

 only one black buck and one or two young males 

 as light in colour as the does. 



The herds have their own beats, and, unless 

 disturbed, are usually to be found upon the places 

 generally frequented by them ; but it is only very 

 early in the morning that the sportsman can count 

 upon their being in their usual haunts. He may, 

 when later in the day he comes upon a favourite 

 resort of the game, find a herd of cattle or sheep, 

 with attendant noisy children (who yell vociferously 

 as soon as they see antelope), upon the ground 

 which he expected to find occupied by the objects 

 of his pursuit. Needless to say, in such an event 

 he may have to traverse a considerable area in his 



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