Antlers 



sport of all — stalk the old sambhar up on the crests 

 and saddle backs of the foot hills^-a pastime you 

 will find it difficult to beat. 



FROM THE HOWDAH AND PAD 



There are many worse ways of seeing the jungle 

 than from the howdah or pad of an elephant — 

 preferably the latter when one is only intent on 

 a morning or evening stroll. 



Personally from choice I prefer my own flat feet 

 and a good shikari guide, and by good I mean one 

 who will not treat one as a ' passenger ' the whole 

 time till he places one in front of the beast to be 

 shot. One can do that kind of thing on the range 

 just as satisfactorily ! I know there are men who 

 consider ' shooting ' to consist of merely bowling 

 over the animal when they have been brought up 

 to it by their tracker. I prefer to think — and 

 really do think — that such men are the exceptions. 

 They do not fall within the category of shikari. 

 For a sportsman to be a true shikari he must take 

 a personal interest in the methods by which his 

 tracker is taking him up to the game, must en- 

 deavour to acquire the ' jungle eye ' and take a 

 real interest in wood craft, and all that is under- 

 stood by our English term ' venery.' 



And this knowledge and jungle lore can ever be 

 better acquired on one's own feet than from the 

 howdah or pad of an elephant. 



There are, however, extensive high grass jungles 



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