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forests, twice that amount, and in some places much 

 more than twice, is often registered as the year's 

 supply. 



Mysore is rich in magnificent forests, which offer 

 to the lover of big-game shooting a splendid field 

 for sport in its most interesting and exciting forms, 

 and under pleasant conditions as regards tempera- 

 ture. 



It is easily reached by rail from any part of India, 

 and the haunts of large game are at quite con- 

 venient distances from the railway lines. 



The large military cantonment of Bangalore is 

 but eighty-seven miles distant by rail from the 

 native capital Mysore which gives its name both 

 to the district in which it is situated, and also to the 

 whole province. 



How long those forests will continue to hold out 

 attractions to the sportsman remains to be seen ; but 

 since gun licences are being issued broadcast, and 

 the cost of one is so small, that any native, however 

 poor, can obtain a permit, while people belonging 

 to meat-eating castes are very numerous in Mysore, 

 the game is doomed ; though some time must 

 necessarily elapse before it will become so rare as. 

 to be no longer worth the trouble of seeking. 



One has only to read old sporting books, and 

 even so comparatively recent a one as Mr. Sander- 

 son's, and to know the forests as they are at this 

 day, to fully appreciate the terrible rate at which 

 game has decreased, and is ever decreasing, in 

 Mysore. 



According to the forest rules in force there, no- 



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