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reeds. About twelve couple were accounted for among which were four couple 
of mallard. 
On the 5th of February the ^vriter left early by special train in order to see 
that his men, who had arrived some days previously, were properly settled in 
their camp. After a railway journey of about 30 miles through thickly wooded 
country with plenty of small hills and crags which augured well for prospects 
of good shooting he arrived at Salamatpur Station and was met by Colonel 
Iqbal Mohamad Khan, a nephew of Her Highness the Begum, and together 
they rode to the camp about five miles away. 
The Shooting box at Kachnaria provided for the Prmce’s accommodation 
was a magnificent white pavilion made of stone. This had boon built at the 
shooting camp by His Royal Highness’ host, the eldest son and heir of Her 
Highness the Begum, Nawab Sir Nasrullah Khan, himself a big game shot of 
high repute, who has shot over 130 tigers, mostly in Bhopal State. Some 
time ago the Nawab started erecting a country residence at Kachnaria, and 
as soon as the Prince of Wales’ projected visit was announced the building 
was rapidly completed, electric light was installed, and water laid on. Round 
it a large camp was pitched, as the house was only able to accommedate the 
Prince and a small portion of his staff. His Royal Highness was the first 
inhabitant of the house and consented that it should be named the 
“ Prince of Wales’ Farhat Manzil ” 
(Prince of Wales’ abode of delight) 
in memory of his visit. 
Some distance from the house at Kachnaria a special skinning camp had been 
arranged. It lay in a small depression and was surrounded by trees— the 
“ Wanton lapwing’s ” eternal cry of “Did you do it ” shewing that it was their 
favourite haunt. Sheds of bamboo with leafy tops had been erected. Here 
every arrangement was made for dealing with the animals shot. The whole 
place was delightfully cool and airy and both for this reason and on accoimt 
of the convenience of its situation so close to the rest of the camp was an ideal 
place for a skinning camp. 
Profiting from his experience in Nepal the writer made arrangements for 
each member of the shooting party to take out labels, giving them to each 
person every day after dinner at the end of the day’s shoot. This he found 
worked very well, as all confusion was thus obviated. There were generally 
several parties shooting and every person who secured a trophy affixed a label 
to the animal immediately after it was killed and saw that proper measurements 
were taken. Thus mistakes were impossible , measurements being taken and 
recorded at the time of shooting before rigor mortis had set in. 
The arrangements at the shooting camp had been personally supervised 
by Sir Nasrullah who had spent weeks in accelerating the work of preparing 
the house and in arranging the beats. 
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Leaving Bhopal by special train on the evening of February 5th, the Prince 
and his staff reached a way-side platform erected for the purpose about 6-30 p.m., 
whence they were motored along fair weather roads, made for the occasion, 
to Kachnaria about two miles away. 
A triumphal arch of green leaves had been erected at the entrance to the 
camp, and here the local populace had gathered to await His Royal Highness’ 
arrival. Most of these people were Gonds, a jungle tribe which inhabits these 
forests. They had prepared to greet the Prince with one of their dances, and 
women and men were already dancing, as their custom is, in separate groups, 
the men in white and the women in red clothes ; “tom toms,” cymbals and 
the monotonous chant with its emphatic caesura beat and occasional loud 
shouts adding to the weird scene. But alas ! a practice game of polo and 
