694 JOURNAL, BOMBAY NATURAL HIST. SOCIETY, Vol. XXVIII. 
Admiral Halsey, 
Mr. Petrie, 
Sir G. deMontmorency, 
Col. Pringle. 
Commander Newport, 
Mr. Laidlaw. 
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y 68 Snipe. 
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I 29 Snipe. 
On January 2nd a party consisting of Capt. Dudley North, Capt. Piers Legh, 
Sir Godfrey Thomas, Capt. Metcalfe, Capt. Poynder and Capt. Ogilvy left Ran- 
goon for Mandalay en-route for Upper Burma. They arrived at Mandalay early- 
on the 3rd, and embarked on a steamer to go up the Irrawady. There were 
three different places at which to shoot and the party' was split up as follows : — 
Capt. Metcalfe and Capt. Poynder and 
Capt. Ogilvy. Sir Godfrey Thomas. 
Capt. Dudley North and 
Capt. Piers Legh. 
The elephant shooting party returned on the 8th, spending that night in 
Mandalay and reached Rangoon on the morning of the 10th. 
B'lg. 
Capt. the Hon’ble Piers Legh . . 1 Elephant. 
Capt. E. D. Metcalfe at Ingadi . . 1 „ 
Capt. F. S. Poynder ... ... ... 1 ,, 
3 Elephants.* 
There were six guns in three parties in the Mogok (Ruby Mines) District. 
Two guns disembarked at Ingadi and Singu ; the remainder at Thabeitkyin, the 
terminus of the Ruby Mines road. In each case jungle was very thick, teak 
and bamboo being predominant, with some fine timber and spear grass. Fresh 
tracks of Tsaine and Bison were found in large quantity, but the density of the 
undergrowth and the consequent noise prevented close approach. At this time 
of the year, although there was an immense amount of game in the jungle, it was 
impossible to get up to it, owing to the leaves on the ground being so dry, and 
it was impossible to track properly. After a long trek, just as the sun was going 
down on the 5th of January, Sir Godfrey Thomas flushed a bull Tsaine who gave 
a bellow and was off. Later, when hot on the bull's track, he saw two herds of 
Tsaine. Then darkness came on. 
Capt. Ogilvy had a shot at a Bison, but again in such dense jungle that a 
certain sight could not be obtained. Capt. Legh got a fine tusker elephant 
(solitary) and his trackers flushed two large bull bisons. They were -within a 
100 yards of him when he was inspecting a kill. 
On the 7th of January Capt. Poynder got a medium size Tusker (solitary'), 
and killed him with one shot between the ey^e and the ear. 
Sir Godfrey Thomas who started at 5-30 a.m. had a very hard day. He 
came across fairly fresh tracks and some quite fresh Sambhar blood. It was a 
sambhar that had been chased and attacked by -wild dogs. 
Capt. Metcalfe got a small tusker out of a herd and he took a dozen rounds 
to finally kill it. Large numbers of barking deer were very common and were 
often seen. Tracks of many sambhar were also found, and the jungle was full 
of monkey's — mostly Gibbons. 
Writing about these shoots Mr. V. H. T. Fields Clarke says— 
“ Capt. Ogilvy and I had 4 fairly strenuous days. The first day we went 
out after bison, but did not come across any sufficiently fresh tracks. The 
*Capt. the Hon’ble Piers Legh's Elephant tusks weighed 20 lbs. and 21 lbs. 
respectively. Their length from root to tip along the curve was 3'-6" and 3'-5" 
respectively. I did not have the opportunity of examining Capt. Metcalf’s or 
Capt. Poynder's Elephant tusks. 
