THE INDIAN RHINOCEROS 



chilly, the sun is very hot by day, and a big, 

 thick sola topee is essential as a protection to 

 the head against its rays. The best advice which 

 I can give to any sportsman who may desire 

 to shoot in Assam, and who knows no one there, 

 is to go up to the hill-station of Shillong about 

 October, call round the station, make inquiries, 

 visit any planters or officials in the valley below 

 of whom he may hear as being keen upon sport 

 (he will find the planters a fine, manly, hospitable 

 and kindly set of men), and try to join some one 

 of the parties which may be going out. The 

 journey is an easy one from Calcutta, and rail 

 and steamer will take him almost to the foot of 

 the Cossya hills on which Shillong stands. He 

 can go either up or down the valley by steamer, 

 and from Dibrugarh in Upper Assam, to Sudiya 

 on the frontier, there is a line of rail which 

 has been constructed since I left that part of 

 India. 



Of course this method of shooting is expensive 

 owing to the number of elephants which must be 

 employed. The more elephants there are, the 

 longer the line, and the wider the area which 

 can be beaten. 



I have heard of very fine bags of tigers made 

 upon the Brahmaputra churs. A pair of 8-bore 

 Paradox guns is the best battery for rhino. 



R. Ward quotes one horn of 24, one of 19^, 

 one of 19, and two horns of female specimens 

 as measuring 16^, and 16 inches respectively. 

 These are all very large measurements, and a 



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