FORESTS OF CHITALDROOG DISTRICT 



(I have myself seen one near Bidadi, the next 

 station in the Bangalore direction), and there are 

 panthers at both of these places as well as in many 

 other parts of the district. 



I have also shot a tiger near Magadi, only some 

 thirty miles as the crow flies from Bangalore ; and 

 in the Savandroog forest, round the base of the 

 high rocky hill of that name, there is always a 

 chance of bagging one, though the jungle is so 

 continuous, that it is extremely difficult to locate 

 a tiger and to get him driven towards the guns. 

 I tried upon two occasions to bag panthers at 

 Bidadi by beating, but though upon each attempt 

 one of the animals was seen, no one obtained a 

 shot at it. 



There are bears in parts of this district, but 

 game animals generally, even deer, are so scarce 

 therein, that it would not be worth a visitor's while 

 to waste time there, since good shooting grounds 

 lie within such easy reach. 



CHITALDROOG DISTRICT 



Although, as I have said elsewhere under 

 "Antelope," it would be worth the while of no 

 one who intended to visit the north, to shoot 

 antelope in Mysore, yet in the case of a sportsman 

 who might be unable to go north, and who could 

 not spare the time to go to either the Bellary or 

 the Guzerat districts, but who might wish to bag 

 a few black buck heads, a visit to this part, where 

 the heads are certainly larger than I have seen 



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