426 



BIG GAME SHOOTING 



ARU 



Arundo phragmites (Caucasian 

 reed), 31 



Asia Minor, 228, 321 



' Asian, ' the, quoted. Sec 

 Measurements 



Assam, game in, 221, 228, 233, 

 234, 240, 248, 253, 254, 258, 

 262, 265, 267 



Astor, game in, 277, 302, 303, 

 311, 312, 313, 315, 368 



Asturias, the, 175-178 



Attock, 315 



Augustus, Elector, 116 



Aurochs (Bos bonasus), Cauca- 

 sian, 65 ; former range of, 

 65 ; hunting, 66-71 ; measure- 

 ments, 70 ; description, 72 ; 

 in Biolvitskia forest, habits, 

 167 ; measurements, 167 ; a 

 typical drive, 170-172 



Austria, Emperor of, 85, 98 



Austria, the late Crown Prince 

 of, 116 



Austria, Upper, 78 ; red deer in, 

 112, 117 



Authorities for measurements of 

 game. See Measurements 



BAIKAL, Sea of, 291 



Baillie-Grohman, W. A., on 

 the chamois, 77-111 ; on the 

 Alpine stag, 112-122 



Baker, Colonel James, on the 

 battery, 412 



Baker, Sir Samuel W. , on lions, 

 cheetahs and tigers, 211 ; on 

 African elephants, 233 ; his 

 choice of rifles and bullets, 

 397, 398, 406 



Baksan, the, Caucasus, 41 



Baku, 45 



Baldwin, Captain, on a tiger's 

 method of killing, 211 



Balkar pastures, Caucasus, 42 



Balkarhi, 42 



Ball-guns, 399-401 



Balsam boughs, for camp bed- 

 ding, 386 



Baltistan, 299 



Ban bakri (gooral), 329 



BEA 



Ban Bhains (buffalo), 253 

 Banteng (Burmese wild ox), 248 

 Baral (Barat), burrel, 299 

 Barasingh (Cashmerian deer), 



36, 374 ; sambur, 257 ; swamp 



deer, 265 

 Barhamputra, 265 

 Barking (rib-faced) deer. See 



Deer 

 Barse (Caucasian lynx), the, 42, 



43 



Battery, for arctic sporting, 3 ; 

 for wild boar, 35 ; for red 

 deer, 119 ; for elk, 152 ; for 

 bears, 160 ; rifles and their 

 ammunition, 394 ; the Ex- 

 press, and bullets suited for, 

 394-399 ; ball-guns, 399 ; the 

 Paradox, 399-401 ; small-bores 

 for elephant shooting, 401 ; 

 systems of actions for rifles, 

 402-404 ; selection of battery, 



403 ; the recoil heelplate, 



404 ; spare weapons, 404 ; 

 spare limbs, 405 ; turnscrews, 



405 ; triggers and stocks, 405, 



406 ; cartridges, 405 ; re- 

 bounding locks, 406 ; loops 

 for slings, 407 ; stops to 

 hammers, 407 ; brass cases, 



407 ; tins for cartridges, 407 ; 

 the ' Shikari ' rifle case, 408 ; 

 rifle sights, 408-412 



Bavaria, King of, 94 

 Bavarian Highlands, chamois 

 shooting in, 78 ; attitude of 

 poachers and keepers, 80 ; 

 shooting season, 80 ; size of 

 stags in, 117 



Bavarian keepers, 80, 94, 97 

 Bear, brown, Caucasian, 40 ; his 

 haunts, 40 ; characteristics, 

 41 ; Norwegian, 155 ; Rus- 

 sian, 1 54; food, 154 ; size, 154 ; 

 tenacity of life, 154 ; methods 

 of hunting, 155; sporting in- 

 cidents with, 156-160 

 Bears, Indian Beluchistan 

 (Ursus gedrosianus), 193 ; 

 black, Himalayan (Ursus 

 torquatus), 186; habitat, 186 ; 



