INDEX 



239 



138-140 ; compared with 

 Indian species, 138 ; scarce, 

 122, 138, 140; charging, 139- 

 140 ; habits when hunted, 

 140-141 ; measurements, 139 



Servants, 206, 207, 214-215 ; 

 advantages of having two, 

 216-217 ; an orderly, 217- 

 218 ; the interpreter, 218 



Shan baumbies, 208 



Shan States, 123 



Shapoo (Ovis vignei), 84 



Shikari, the native, and Indian 

 game laws, 154 



Shikaris' explanation of spot 

 on throat of sambur, 145 



Shooting in company, objec- 

 tions to, 219 



Shooting licence suggested, 



i54-:t55 



Shooting, choice of district, 19 ; 

 courtesy of sportsmen and 

 officials, 19 ; localities, 18, 

 223 - 224 (and see under 

 district names) ; shots to try 

 for, 27-28, 195 



Shwebo, 18, 224 



Sloth bear. See Bear. 



Smokeless powder, 76 



Southern Shan States, 123 



Sport, the best months for, 

 18, 59-61 ; districts recom- 

 mended, 18, 19 ; shooting 

 localities, 223-224 



Sport, harm done by natives, 

 14, 22, 150, 219-220 



Stalking boots, 96, 204-205 



Sunlight Soap, 212 



Swallow and Ariel's biscuits, 209 



Swamp deer, 160 



Tamanthi, on the Chindwin, 



124, 125 

 Tammu, 125 ; man-eating tiger 



near, 134 

 Tavoy, 122 

 Tenasserim, 122, 137 

 Terrier, Dot, 92-93, 107, 108- 



114; training for hunting 

 field, 109-112 



Thamin. See Brow-antlered 

 Deer. 



Thapan, a village, 6 



Theory as to charging animals, 

 30, 75 ; experience of two 

 expert trackers, 78 



Theory as to solitary bulls, 

 62-65, IQ2 > 112-119 



' Thit ' (leopard), 130 



Thorn, Mr., of the Burma 

 Police, cited, 123, 127 



Tiger (Felis tigris), 128 ; habits, 

 128, 130, 133 ; dog as bait, 

 128 ; wariness, 129 ; tame 

 elephant killed by, 128-129 .' 

 tigers' cry mistaken for 

 trumpeting of elephants, 131- 

 133 ; usual method of killing 

 in Burma, 136 ; soft-nosed 

 bullets for, 132 ; charging, 

 30 ; man-eaters, 133 ; man- 

 eater near Tammu, 134-136; 

 adventure of three Burmans, 

 134 ; pursues boat, 134 ; 

 carries off Madrassi boy, 134 ; 

 tracks or pugs, 136 



Toungyi, Southern Shan States, 

 123 



Trackers, 68, 72, 78 ; stupidity 

 of the average Burman, 169 ; 

 apparent failure to consider 

 animal's habits, 173 ; a 

 common error, 172-173 ; 

 scarcity of experienced men, 

 37, 179, 219 ; number re- 

 quired, 179 ; qualifications, 

 180-182 ; hints on manage- 

 ment of, 177, 180-182, 184- 

 186, 206-217, 218 ; annoying 

 habits of, 71, 72, 74, 180- 

 182, 185 ; Oriental optimism, 

 36-37, 90 ; their shyness of 

 elephants, 41, 182 ; on carry- 

 ing the rifle, 199. See under 

 Moung Twouni, et passim. 



Tracking, four main points in, 

 168-169 ; tracks to follow, 



