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Hindu-Koh: Wanderings and Wild Sport on and Beyond the Himalayas

1889

TEE bygone performances of an old " muzzlloader " may perhaps be considered rather obsolete by the young sportsman of the present with his double " express." But as human nature always has been and I opine ever will be much the same the pleasure of studying the habits of wild animals in their native haunts the excitement of the stalk and the charming influence of grand and beautiful scen [...] The scenery and climate on this portion of the journey were a truly delightful change after the dreary monotony and thick sultry atmosphere of the plains." The clear bracing air of the mountains and the refreshing fragrance of pine woods instilled new life into one. [...] There is always however a feeling of restraint when boxed up in a howdah as well as a certain amount of dependence upon the elephant that carries you and the mahout who drives it which in my lu opinion detract much front the enjoyment of this style of sport ; and from the close heat of the atmosphere and the thickness of the jungle it can hardly be either pleasurably or properly1 0 1TYNEB TA [...] My reason for drawing comparisons between the salmon and the mahseer is chiefly because the latter is sometimes termed the salmon of Indian rivers." It might just as well The 93-pounder was killed by Mr H. Vansittart C. S. in one of the rivers of the Debra Doon ; the 62-pounder in the Pooneh river in the Punjab by the late General Sir Herbert Macpherson who was as keen a sportsman as he was a [...] The doe is similar to the buck. with the exception of the continuations of the frontal bone the horns and long teeth.
tourism leisure sport
Pages
493
Published in
United Kingdom
SARF Document ID
sarf.146178
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Frontmatter
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Chapter I
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Chapter II
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Chapter III
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Chapter IV
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Chapter V
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Chapter VI
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Chapter VII
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Chapter VIII
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Chapter IX
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Chapter X
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Chapter XI
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Chapter XII
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Chapter XIII
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Chapter XIV
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Chapter XV
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Chapter XVI
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Chapter XVII
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Chapter XVIII
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Chapter XIX
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Chapter XX
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Chapter XXI
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Chapter XXII
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Chapter XXIII
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Chapter XXIV
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Chapter XXV
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