cover image: Hunting & Shooting in Ceylon

Premium

20.500.12592/gz6mns

Hunting & Shooting in Ceylon

1907

I admit it is almost an impossibility to enforce the present Game Laws in the wild jungle country but I submit that the stoppage of the trade in the island in all produce of the chase would keep the unlicensed slaughter within reasonable bounds and yet impose no he rdship on the villagers if allowed to kill game for their own use at any time of the year which in my opinion they have a perfect [...] The best shooing grounds are the swamps and paddy fields of the west and south-west coast the low country from Polgahawela to Kurunegalla (off the railway line) the Anuradhupura District of the North Central Province and last but prbably best of all the paddy fields under Kantalay Tank and at Tampalakamam from i s to 3o miles from Tricomalee on the Trinco-Matale road. [...] I like to watch their swift graceful flight and love to hear their melodious calls ; the ku-rukity-coo " of the common spotted dove ; the low plaintive " coo " from the depth of the forest of the lovely bronze-wing ; the deep " wuk-woo " of the grand imperial green pigeon and the beautiful whistling call of the pompdour green pigeon ; listening to them and other wonderful jungle sounds [...] The hare however ran on towards the tea field and disappeared in the belt of scrub bordering it so I ran round into the tea to the point where I had seen the hare disappear and called up the dogs. [...] Striking a pathway I hurried along it towards the dogs and presently meeting another path at right angles to the one I was on I took my stand there as the dogs were running that way and I knew the habit of the beast they were " chiveying." The tea was too thick and the ground too flat for me to see anything in the cover but presently 38"SMALL GAME HUNTING WITH DOGS the jackal jumped into the p
agriculture environment
Pages
423
Published in
United States
SARF Document ID
sarf.146163
Segment Pages Author Actions
Frontmatter
ii-xxiii Harry Storey view
Chapter I Snipe Shooting
1-16 Harry Storey view
Chapter II Pigeons
17-25 Harry Storey view
Chapter III Small Game Hunting with Dogs on Estates
26-51 Harry Storey view
Chapter IV The Tanks and Tank Shooting: The Wilas
52-65 Harry Storey view
Chapter V Quails Partridges Spur Fowl Jungle Fowl Pea Fowl and other Jungle Birds
66-75 Harry Storey view
Chapter VI The Physical Features and Hunting Districts of Ceylon: The Difficulties of Travelling and Camping
76-89 Harry Storey view
Chapter VII Elephants
90-111 Harry Storey view
Chapter VIII Elephants (Continued)
112-118 Harry Storey view
Chapter IX Elephant Shooting
119-138 J. J. Robinson view
Chapter X The Buffalo
139-149 Harry Storey view
Chapter XI Buffalo Shooting
150-157 M. L. Wilkins view
Chapter XII The Ceylon Elk
158-172 Harry Storey view
Chapter XIII Elk Hunting
173-203 Thomas Fare view
Chapter XIV Spotted Deer
204-241 Harry Storey view
Chapter XV The Red Deer Mouse Deer and Hog Deer
242-249 Harry Storey view
Chapter XVI The Leopard
250-267 Harry Storey view
Chapter XVII Bears and Water-Hole Shooting
268-307 Harry Storey view
Chapter XVIII Pigs
308-323 Harry Storey view
Chapter XIX Fishing
324-342 Harry Storey view
Appendices
343-366 Harry Storey view

Related Topics

All