CHAPTER I 



Shooting in Northern India jungles — The Christmas shooting camp 

 — The denizens of the jungle — Beautiful scenery — A sportsman's 

 paradise — The 'Jungle Eye' — Grass jungle and tree forest — 

 Chitul, pig and sambhar — Elephant's dislike of pig — Kakar and 

 black buck — Dislike of buck for elephants — A lucky shot — Shoot- 

 ing off an elephant — Bees and ant worries — Life in the upper 

 forest. 



SHOOTING IN NORTHERN INDIA JUNGLES 



TO those of US who have enjoyed the free 

 and easy life of a Christmas shooting 

 camp in the jungles of Northern India, 

 how happy are the memories conjured 

 up by reminiscences of the days spent out in the 

 long grass or high forest beating on elephant or 

 afoot for large and small game. 



The jungles of which I am writing hold a variety 



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