BULLET AND SHOT 



them anywhere else in the Mysore Province, would 

 be worth paying. 



There is much antelope and chikara ground in 

 the Chitaldroog district, which consists largely of 

 open plains, and which is on the line of rail from 

 Bangalore to Bombay the antelope being found 

 quite near to the railway line, as well as in the 

 interior. 



My best bag of antelope viz., twenty-four black 

 buck, together with one buck chikara and two 

 bustard was made in seventeen days' actual 

 shooting in this district, in the vicinity of Hosdroog. 



THE FORESTS OF THE SHIMOGA DISTRICT 



Shimoga, the headquarters of the district of the 

 same name, lies on the high-road, only twenty-four 

 miles from Tarikere, in that of Kadur. This 

 district contains the best localities for tigers in the 

 Mysore province, but bison are found in only two 

 of its State forests, viz., Sacrebail, which is nine, 

 and Shanker, which is seventeen miles, respectively 

 from Shimoga. Tigers are found in both of these 

 forests, as well as in Gangavansara twenty-three 

 miles, Kardibetta the same distance, Kukuvada- 

 Ubrani twenty-two miles, Kunchinballi eight miles, 

 Kumsi eighteen miles, Malandur thirty-four miles, 

 Nasrur twenty miles, Puradhal eight miles, and 

 Umblibail and Humsi Kutti ten miles respectively 

 from the district headquarters. 



For working Gangavansara, Kardibetta and 

 Kunchinpalli, tents are required, but for all the 



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