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INDEX 



Basil Mission, Cannanore, 202 

 Battery : rifles and ammuni- 

 tion, 187-188, 189-190, 193- 

 194, 197-198 ; price, and hints 

 on purchasing, 197-198, 199 ; 

 safety-catch, 198 ; high 

 velocity rifles, value of, 

 75-76 ; the D.B. ■ 450-' 400 

 high velocity rifle, 17, 187, 

 197 ; compared with 8-bore 

 black-powder rifle, 188 ; a 

 heavier calibre not necessary, 

 188, 195 ; smaller bores to 

 be deprecated, 76, 196 ; 

 D.B. 10-bore Paradox, 42, 

 188 ; disadvantages of, 189 ; 

 greater penetration of the 

 ■400, 188 ; circumstances lead- 

 ing to purchase of a "400, 

 188-191 ; its accuracy, pene- 

 tration, 191 ; and perform- 

 ance, 191, 192, 194, 198 ; 

 rule prohibiting importation 

 into India of -450 rifles, 191 ; 

 magazine rifles, 196-197 ; 

 hammerless guns, 198 ; 

 loading, author's practice, 

 194 ; soft-nosed bullet, 193- 

 194 ; and solid nickel, 194 ; 

 carrying the weapon, 199 ; 

 second rifles unnecessary, 

 196 ; advantage of smoke- 

 less powder, 42, 76 ; advan- 

 tages of axite over cordite, 



193 



Bear, black, Himalayan (Ursus 

 torquatus or U. thibetanus) , 

 J37. *38 J Malay (Ursus 

 malayanus), 137 ; habitat, 

 137, 223 ; habits, 137 ; charac- 

 teristics, 138 ; reputed 

 ferocity, 137-138 ; sloth 

 (Ursus labiatus), 137 



Berkfield travelling filter, 211 



Binoculars, 160, 195 ; essential 

 in shooting deer, 160 



Bison. See Gaur. 



Black buck, 166 



Boar, wild (Sus indicus), 166 ; 



shooting in Burma, 167 ; the 



rifle, 167 ; charging, 167 ; 



easy stalking, 167 

 British Museum, measurements 



of rhinoceros horns in, 122 

 Brown, Mr. R. Grant, 'Half the 



Battle in Burmese,' 225 

 Budalin, a township, 6, 12 

 Bullock cart, the, in shooting, 



Burberry slip-on coat, 206 



Burma, game in : banting, 

 81 ; gaur, 71 ; rhinoceros, 

 122-123 '• tiger, 128, 129, 

 133 ; leopard, 136 ; bears, 

 137 ; serow, 138 ; gooral, 

 141 ; sambur, 148 ; brow- 

 an tiered deer, 149 ; barking 

 deer, 163 ; wild boar, 167 ; 

 game shooting in heavy 

 jungle, 196 ; jungles in, 136 



Burma, Lower, 137 



Burma, Upper, shooting dis- 

 tricts in, 223-224 



Burman, the : characteristics 

 of, 17, 22, 23, 24, 36, 37, 72. 

 169, 179, 180, 182, 208, 209, 

 215, 217, 218 et passim ; 

 compared with native of 

 India, 219 ; as a beater, 148 ; 

 as a hunter, 150 ; trackers, 

 69, 71, 169, 179, 180, 182, 

 206 ; traps for leopards, 136 ; 

 habits with firearms, 200 ; 

 after a hunt, cutting up the 

 meat described, 12, 219-220 



Burmans' adventure with man- 

 eater, 134 



Burmese custom with tame 

 elephants, 129 ; custom with 

 cattle, 210 ; village life, 211 ; 

 the ' dab.,' 212 ; servants, 

 214-215 ; coolies' wages, 210 ; 

 language, 218; notes on, for 

 the sportsman, 231 ; books re- 

 commended, 225 ; words, 

 glossary of, 225 



Burmese wild ox. See Banting. 



Burroughs and Wellcome, 214 



