WILD SPORTS OF BURMA AND ASSAM 



GENERAL MICHAEL'S. 

 skull through which the bullet 

 will pass slightly upwards, 

 direct to the brain. 



2. " If he be facing you, with 

 both eyes visible, but standing 

 on a lower level than yourself, 

 plant your ball in the con- 

 cavity of the forehead just 

 above the rounded bump. 



3. "If the animalbe standing 

 at three-quarters face towards 

 you, with only one eye visible, 

 shoot into the hollow of the 

 temple in a line between the 

 eye and the orifice of the ear, 

 at such an angle that the 

 bullet may cut the middle of 

 the imaginary rod passing 

 through the ears. 



4. " If he be standing exactly 

 broadside on to you, shoot 

 straight into the orifice of the 

 ear. 



MINE. 



2. Not noticed. 



3. The temple, between the 

 corner of the eye and top of 

 ear. This shot should be 

 fired either from the right or 

 left face, from the front, 

 slightly . upwards and back- 

 ward, or in the centre of the 

 hollow or temple equidistant 

 from the corner of the eye to 

 the top of the ear. Of all 

 shots this is the easiest to 

 kill with, and the safest to 

 the hunter, because being on 

 one side, if the shot does not 

 prove fatal, and the elephant 

 either charges or involuntarily 

 rushes forward, as most ani- 

 mals are apt to do on suddenly 

 receiving a wound, the sports- 

 man will not be in the line of 

 charge or flight, and will be 

 less liable to be trampled upon 

 than in firing the front shot. 



4. This corresponds with my 

 No. 5, which is fire straight 

 across into the orifice of the 

 ear. For this shot the gun 

 should be on a level with the 



ear. 



