1 84 WILD SPORTS OF BURMA AND ASSAM 



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 A blow on the back of the neck from a heavy male bamboo 



finished it. The horns were about 8 inches long, and 

 curved slightly backwards. Measurement from tip of tail to 

 snout 5 feet 5 inches, and length at shoulder 3 feet 4 inches. 



It was a very old female animal. The skin and hair of the 

 body was almost black, with a silvery fringe of long, coarse, 

 scanty hair running along the whole length of the back : it 

 was longer and there was more of it at the top of the neck. 

 The legs were of a rufous colour from the thigh and fore-arm 

 downwards. The muzzle was jet black. This animal was 

 shot at an elevation of about 4000 feet. 



After skinning and cutting up the animal we left for camp, 

 which was reached as a heavy thunderstorm broke over our 

 heads. During the night we heard gaur bellowing not far 

 from camp. 



BLAZING DEER (MEETOUNG) AT NIGHT 



A BURMESE MODE OF HUNTING DEER, AND HUNTING THE BURMESE 

 RHINOCEROS IN LOWER BURMA. [F. T. P.] 



The Burmese professional shikaries pot a great deal of 

 game, but prefer hunting deer by torchlight. I may here 

 describe the modus operandi. It is most fatiguing, and one 

 that few Europeans would care to follow as a pastime. Whilst 

 at Haingye I crossed over to Dalhousie. This was one of the 

 great Proconsul's follies ; not satisfied with Burma, having 

 already ports like Moulmein, Rangoon, and Bassein, Lord 

 Dalhousie determined to construct another to bear his own 

 name at the entrance of the Bassein river. After several lacs 

 of rupees had been spent, a tidal wave swept all away in a 

 night, and all that was visible in 1863 were a few culverts far 

 apart, and the place had reverted into jungle. A boat's crew 

 was kept there to aid shipwrecked mariners. 



By appointment some shikaries met me one day towards 

 dark at Dalhousie, and we set out to " blaze " deer. Their 

 hunting-grounds were a long way ofT, and we had to walk 

 over deep and loose sand for fully six miles, and then to cross 

 numerous tidal nullahs, spanned by bridges consisting of a single 



