CHAPTER XVIII. 



Other Game The Wild Elephant The Gour, Gayal, Mithan, or Gouri- 

 ghai The Axis, or Spotted Deer The Hog Deer The Barking 

 Deer The Bara-singha, or Marsh Deer The Sambur The Nil- 

 ghau The Gazelle The Four-horned Antelope The Black Buck 

 The Wolf and the Hyena The Wild Dog The Pigmy Hog- 

 Hares. 



I HAVE endeavoured to give, in the foregoing pages, some idea 

 of the sport to be had at the present day in the Lower Pro- 

 vinces ; and I might very well conclude now, for there is, in 

 fact, little more to be said on that subject. In following up 

 large game, the sportsman will, no doubt, meet with three or 

 four species of deer on many occasions, and possibly on rare 

 ones the elephant and the gour may be encountered in the 

 most remote forests, where the tiger and the buffalo will not 

 be sought. 



The elephant is now very properly strictly protected, its 

 destruction being forbidden under heavy pecuniary penalties, 

 always excepting cases in which it becomes dangerous and in- 

 jurious to human life and property. This most useful animal 

 still roams in considerable herds through the wilderness be- 

 tween Sylhet and Chittagong, over the Hill Tracts and the 

 Garo country, in many parts of Assam and the tributary mehals 

 of Orissa, and lastly, over the foot-hills and the Terai of the 

 Himalayas. Small herds are sometimes to be found on the 

 wooded hills of Manbhoom and the Santhal Pergunnahs, and 

 at the present moment two or three, individuals are doing some 

 mischief in the last-named district. Four or five years ago 



