H.R.H. the Duke of Edinburgh in India / by J. Fayrer.

  • Fayrer, Joseph, Sir, 1824-1907.
Date:
1870
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: H.R.H. the Duke of Edinburgh in India / by J. Fayrer. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

    96/122
    elephants was worked by the bugle calls; it extended over more than a mile, and the howdahs were distributed at intervals. The river was crossed, and the beat lay through grassy plains, and often in the forest. One wing ■ of the line indeed was in the forest nearly all the day. The bag was a varied one, consisting of about eighteen spotted and hog-deer, hares, black partridges, pea and jungle fowl. Florican are scarce, but some were shot to-day. The day was fine, and the heat not great. The Nepaul hills were distinctly seen, and the scenery of the magnificent sal forest was beautiful. The game is found in the grassy plains, very little in the forest, except on the edges, where the cheetul is often seen. It is too early in the season for tiger-shooting. The grassy plains and glades in the forest are too extensive, and it is only by accident that they can be found now, or when they are marked down after killing and eating a cow or buffalo. When gorged, the brute is lazy and indisposed to leave the spot. A month or six weeks later the grass is burnt, and the tigers are then confined to particular spots, where they are more readily found and killed. [ 34 ]