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INDEX 



122 ; sambur, 143 ; serow, 



139 



Meiktila, 223 



Migrating animals, habits of, 



1 74-175 

 Mingin, on the Chindwin, 125 

 Monastery, 211 

 Monkeys, 92, 96 

 Monywa, jail, 13 

 Mosquitoes, 205 

 Moung Twouni, tracker, 114, 



183-184 

 Muntjac, 163. See Deer. 

 Myingyan, jail, 214 

 Myitkyina, 224 



Northern Shan States, 223 

 Noungmo Choung, stream, 125 

 Nunhead, Army and Navy 

 Stores' rifle range, 190-191 



Oorial, 153 



Pakokku Chin Hills, 138, 141, 



223 

 Panther (Felis pardus), 128 ; 



dog as bait for, 128 ; wariness, 



129 ; habits, 128, 130-131 ; 



depredations, 136 ; driving, 



136; traps for, 136 ; clouded 



panther, 136 

 Paradox, 10-bore, 42, 188 

 Partridge, 96 

 Pegu plain, 160 

 Percy, Lt.-Col. Heber, cited, 71 

 Peshawar nails, 204 

 Pests, 101, 174, 205 

 Pig-sticking, 167 

 Pir Dost, type of native servant, 



216 

 Punjab, 153 

 Punjabi Mahomedan servants, 



215 

 Pyoung. See Gaur. 



" Quins,' open patches of grass, 

 99 



Rangoon, 193, 201, 202 



Red deer, 163. See Deer. 



Rhinoceros, 121 ; R. sondaicus ; 

 R. unicornis indicus ; R. 

 lasiotis; R. sumatrensis, habi- 

 tat of the four varieties, 

 122 ; R. sumatrensis habitat, 

 19, 126 ; habits, 122-123, 

 126 ; peculiar noise when 

 wallowing, Mr. Thorn cited, 

 127 ; difficulty of hunting in 

 Burma, 122 ; importance of 

 reliable information as to 

 locality, 124 ; conditions of 

 success in shooting, 123-124 ; 

 best months for hunting, 126 ; 

 tracking, 127 ; measurements 

 of rhinoceros horns in British 

 Museum, 122 



Rib-faced Deer. See Deer. 



Rogue elephant, a, 44 ; theory 

 as to, 45 



Rowe & Co., 201 



Ruby Mines district, the, 18, 

 123, 224 



Sagaing, 223 



Sambur, Malayan (Cervus equi- 



nus), 142, 156, 223-224 ; 



characteristics, 142-144, 152, 



162 ; a peculiarity, 143 ; com- 

 pared with Indian variety, 

 142, 143, 144 ; habits, 143, 



163 ; view as to solitary 

 animals, 144 ; breeding, 144 ; 

 peculiar spot on throat, 144- 

 148 ; Shikaris' explanation 

 of, 145 ; peculiar to habitat, 

 145 note ; as a guide in 

 cutting the neck skin, 147 ; 

 best way to hunt, 148 ; 

 difficulty of driving in Bur- 

 ma, 148 ; measurements, 143 



Sanderson, G. P., cited, 3; 

 12, 13, 45 ; cited, 56, 61 



Serow, Burmese (Nemorhasdus 

 sumatrensis) : habitat, 138, 

 223 - 224 ; characteristics, 



