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the animals to break out of the cover which is being beaten. 

 These places are well known to the local shikanes. 



The sportsman should make sure before firing at anything, 

 that he is really about to pull trigger at an animal and not at 

 a human being. Mistakes of this kind have often happened 

 in Burma and elsewhere through the sportsman, whose nerves 

 are, perhaps, through excitement somewhat overstrung, being 

 in too great a hurry to shoot at the first moving object that 

 presents itself ; one cannot, therefore, be too careful. 



No small-bores, rifled to carry long distances, such as -303, 

 256, and Martini-Henrys, should be used on occasions like 

 this, as one never knows where the bullet travels to. The 

 best weapons to use when driving for any of the following 

 animals, viz. tiger, leopard, bear, sambur, or pig, are a double 

 hammerless 12-bore Paradox by Holland and Holland, or a 

 double "577 express with solid, soft lead bullets. The Paradox 

 burns a charge of from 3 to 4 drams of powder and carries a 

 conical bullet. A 12-bore shot-gun, burning a maxim charge 

 of 3^ drams powder, and carrying a solid, spherical, hardened 

 bullet or Meade shells for the smaller and less dangerous 

 animals, is also a very serviceable weapon. It cannot be 

 depended upon, however, to carry a ball accurately at any 

 distances beyond 40 or 50 yards. 



When the sportsman intends to beat up jungle near 

 villages he should take a shot-gun with him, as jungle-fowl, 

 pheasant, and even pea-fowl and hare often appear, and 

 magnificent shots at the former while on wing may be obtained. 

 I have seen twenty and thirty jungle-fowl fly out of beaten 

 cover overhead in ones and twos at a great pace, and they 

 often rocket and afford excellent sport. Number four or five 

 shot is the size for jungle-fowl and pheasant ; for pea-fowl and 

 geese numbers two and three are more suitable. Cartridges 

 loaded with buck-shot to the number of twelve in each should 

 be taken with the sportsman, as barking deer and hog deer 

 often rush past at such a pace that they only afford a glimpse. 

 It is then well-nigh impossible to hit them with a bullet from 

 a rifle unless the sportsman is a second Dr. Carver. The 

 beaters will often try to take their dogs along with them to 

 assist in driving the game. This should not be allowed, as 



