BULLET AND SHOT 



I once saw a flying squirrel in the day-time, in 

 the act of making quite a long flight, in a glade 

 in one of the Mysore forests. 



THE INDIAN FOX (Vulpes Bengalensts) 



This pretty little animal is very common in 

 Mysore, where it frequents the open plains which 

 are also the home of the antelope. I used 

 constantly to see it when out shooting black buck, 

 but have never specially sought for it. In colour 

 it is mainly grey and reddish grey. Its size, 

 according to Sterndale, is : " Head and body 20 

 to 21 inches; tail 12 to 14 inches; weight 5^ Ibs." 



Except for coursing with greyhounds, this animal 

 affords no sport. I have often been tempted into 

 firing ineffectual running shots at it with a '500 

 express rifle, when there was no danger of alarming 

 the game of which I was in search. 



THE WILD CATS OF INDIA 



Of these there appear to be about eight species 

 found in various parts of the empire. They are 

 not very often seen, and still less frequently shot, 

 since if one of them should come forward in a 

 beat for the larger felines, it would not be fired 

 at so long as any hope remained of the appearance 

 of one of the former. 



I shot a beautiful cat upon one occasion, but 

 am unable to identify the species to which it 

 belonged. I did not keep the skin, which had 



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