CHAPTER XIX. 



Wrinkles Books on Indian Sport Guns and Rifles Batteries for Big 

 and Small Game Gunmakers and Prices Clothing Necessary 

 Articles for Shooting from Howdahs " Resources of the Country" 

 not to be depended upon for Camp Life Servants Anglo-Indian 

 Hospitality Facilities for Travelling in the Interior Camp Requi- 

 sites Treatment of Wounds Tents and Camping Sanitary Pre- 

 cautions Practice in Firing Movements of Animals in High Grass 

 and other Covert Care of Arms Camp Hours Small Parties 

 preferable to Large Ones Tents Carriage Camp Furniture 

 Tracking Procuring Information of Game Dealing and Inter- 

 course with Natives Thieves and Thieving Treatment of " Ma- 

 houts " Cartridges Gunpowder Shells. 



THE game to be found in Bengal having been discussed, as 

 well as the various ways it may be sought and brought to 

 bag, I will now venture to offer a few suggestions on the 

 general outfit of the sportsman who has the inclination and 

 the leisure to devote himself to such sport as the country 

 presents, subject, of course, to his individual fancies and pre- 

 dilections. 



Guns and rifles are of necessity the first consideration, 

 and they, too, must be selected according to the game to be 

 followed, and the pecuniary means of each sportsman ; but 

 before entering upon the interesting subject of batteries, it 

 may be well to name a few books, the perusal of which will 

 prove useful to him whose ambition, soaring above mere 

 slaughter, aims at an intimate acquaintance with the habits, 

 dispositions, and resorts of the game he pursues. 



I name with some diffidence a few among many excellent 

 works, alike instructive and entertaining. It may be safely 



