Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. April 1952

The road now forks the branch on the right going downhill to the Doddakatte maidans while that on the left runs uphill round the side of Karadibetta hill. [...] Shooting in the Nilgiris certainly has an attraction of its own not so much on account of the bags which are generally small but because of the delightful surroundings and the wonderful freshness of the air especially when there is a sharp frost. [...] The start at dawn in the dug-out propelled by sturdy Moplahs ; the row of an hour or more up the silent stream with flocks of egrets flighting overhead and in the distance the Coorg hills flushed with the rising sun until a ground is reached where conditions of tide and cover are favourable. [...] Then after shooting it the return to the boat and a further row to another ground till about noon one lands for a welcome break and tiffin in the shade of the palms. [...] Soon after I retired in 1924 I started reconnoitring round Gundlupet and the two ' years I lived in Mysore enabled me to visit nearly every tank in the district and a number beyond and so I learnt how to work them according to the height of the water.