



CHAPTER II 



Beating in Northern India jungles— How to beat — Off for a day's 

 beating — A blue bull^Shooting before the beat starts — The 

 beat commences— A herd of Chitul — Pig — Wiliness of the old 

 peacock — Jungle fowl — A sambhar stag — Wariness of the old 

 stags — The stag breaks out — Death of the stag — The lunch 

 carrier — Social amenities. 



BEATING IN NORTHERN INDIA JUNGLES 



IN the absence of a sufficiency of elephants, 

 that ever difficult question, the greater 

 portion of our Christmas shoot will be 

 devoted to beating the patches of forest 

 and long grass in a systematic sequence. A 

 great deal depends upon the way this is done, and 

 a knowledge of the country and of the habits 



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