The Wild Sports of India: With Remarks on the Breeding and Rearing of Horses, and the Formation of Light Irregular CavalrySmith, Elder and Company, 1860 - 307 páginas |
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... jungle , is worth , to a man devoted to the sport , nearly his weight in silver . Descriptions of some of the best horses I have had , may perhaps not be out of place , when I treat of the different kinds of game that have been killed ...
... jungle , is worth , to a man devoted to the sport , nearly his weight in silver . Descriptions of some of the best horses I have had , may perhaps not be out of place , when I treat of the different kinds of game that have been killed ...
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... jungle side , and see the formation of the beaters , and how the beat , or hankwa , is to be managed : which of course should be left to the most experienced hand in the party . The native shikarees of that part of the country should be ...
... jungle side , and see the formation of the beaters , and how the beat , or hankwa , is to be managed : which of course should be left to the most experienced hand in the party . The native shikarees of that part of the country should be ...
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... in the jungle at night , and both have been found dead , alongside of one another , in the morning . Of all the animals in India killed by me - 2 HOG - HUNTING . 17 ceed to give a description of some runs where horses ...
... in the jungle at night , and both have been found dead , alongside of one another , in the morning . Of all the animals in India killed by me - 2 HOG - HUNTING . 17 ceed to give a description of some runs where horses ...
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... jungle with his back , breaking my spear in two , the duffadar closed with him in a moment . The boar , having been missed by the spear , was under the horse , and thus for thirty yards the latter , literally lifted off his legs , was ...
... jungle with his back , breaking my spear in two , the duffadar closed with him in a moment . The boar , having been missed by the spear , was under the horse , and thus for thirty yards the latter , literally lifted off his legs , was ...
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... jungle . At the further end stood the boar . Directly he saw me , putting his head a little down to take aim , he came straight at me , increasing his pace from the trot to the charge . When about fifteen yards off , he received the ...
... jungle . At the further end stood the boar . Directly he saw me , putting his head a little down to take aim , he came straight at me , increasing his pace from the trot to the charge . When about fifteen yards off , he received the ...
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