SPORTING TRIPS OF A 

 SUBALTERN 



CHAPTER I 



IN AN INDIAN JUNGLE 



THKOUGHOUT the greater part of India, a most 

 wholesome public feeling with regard to the pre- 

 servation of big game exists. This is far more 

 efficacious than any number of game laws. No 

 one, even should he be so young as to shoot an 

 immature stag, or "brown" into a herd, need 

 make the mistake twice; he will have had it 

 pointed out to him, and he will wish sincerely he 

 had never gone shooting at all, for the reputation 

 of being a " butcher' 'is easily acquired in India, 

 but not so easily lost. Long may it continue so, 

 to the advantage of present and future sportsmen 

 and the disadvantage of none ; for who wants a 

 row of undersized heads? Even sportsmanlike 

 shooting, however, would take too heavy a toll 

 if many indulged in it ; luckily, the great majority 

 are content with the polo, cricket, racing, hunting, 



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