I just finished reading Jungle Trails in Northern India by John Hewett.
It's a very interesting read
Jungle Trails in Northern India.
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Jungle Trails in Northern India.
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Re: Jungle Trails in Northern India.
please tell us more.
You want more gun control? Use both hands!
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One does not hunt in order to kill; on the contrary, one kills in order to have hunted. by Jose Gasset.
God made man and God made woman, but Samuel Colt made them equal.
One does not hunt in order to kill; on the contrary, one kills in order to have hunted. by Jose Gasset.
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Re: Jungle Trails in Northern India.
The author (English Officer Sir John Hewett) narrates his shooting/hunting experiences in Northern India (Tarai,Garhwal,Kumaon,Nepal and Mirzapur) including shooting in Cooch Behar and Central provinces. It has numerous accounts of tiger(Including maneater of Ascot),rhino and leopard shooting.
I find three chapters very informative and interesting
1) Statistics of lengths and weights of Tiger.
2) Relative dangers of different methods of Tiger shooting.
3) How to arrange beat for a Tiger.
The is also very interesting narration of how elephants were used in shooting and insight into famous Rampur and Balrampur elephant stables in addition to methods used in capturing ,training ,preferred gender of elephant for shooting etc.. for purposes of shooting.
The last chapter is author’s daughter narrative of her visit and shooting trip to Leh in 1921
Overall a very nice pre Captain Corbett days read it was also interesting to read more about Captain Corbett’s hero Sir Henry Ramsay.
I find three chapters very informative and interesting
1) Statistics of lengths and weights of Tiger.
2) Relative dangers of different methods of Tiger shooting.
3) How to arrange beat for a Tiger.
The is also very interesting narration of how elephants were used in shooting and insight into famous Rampur and Balrampur elephant stables in addition to methods used in capturing ,training ,preferred gender of elephant for shooting etc.. for purposes of shooting.
The last chapter is author’s daughter narrative of her visit and shooting trip to Leh in 1921
Overall a very nice pre Captain Corbett days read it was also interesting to read more about Captain Corbett’s hero Sir Henry Ramsay.
“Bravery is believing in yourself, and that thing nobody can teach you.”