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CHAPTER VI 



Some difficulties in stalking — Importance of knowledge of habits of 

 animals met with — Stalking black buck — A fox intervenes— I miss 

 the buck — Monkeys— Run into a family party — Stalk a stag chitul 

 — The monkeys give the alarm — Lose the stag — The monkey's 

 panchayit. 



SOME DIFFICULTIES OF STALKING 



MUCH could be written on the sub- 

 ject of that most fascinating of all 

 methods of shooting big game in 

 India — stalking them on foot. For 

 we have such a variety of game in the country, 

 and to stalk with any chance of securing a decent 



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