Drawings By Douglas Hamilton - Records of Sport - Galleries of 95 Drawings

Galleries of 95 Drawings

- Portrait of Major Douglas Hamilton, 1870. . . Frontispiece

- Preface art...v:

PREFACE

1. The Pillar Rocks, Pulney Mountains . . . xiii
2. Water Fall near the Village of Killiyur . . .viii
3. View in the Valley of Perumbookarnal, Pulney Mountains...xv
4. Lake of Yercaud, Shervaroy Hills ...xviii
5. The Upper Falls, near Muddikull, Bababoopen Hills...xxxvi

CHAPTER I. - Shooting Antelope

1. Stalking Antelope with Pony...1
2. Spearing the Antelope...5
3. The Silver Grey Fox (Canis bengalensis)...7
4. Oh, Great King, Don't be Angry...9
5. Cheeta Stalking Antelope...10
6. The Kill...11
7. The Mountain Antelope...14

• Stalking Antelope with Pony...1

• Spearing Antelope...5

• Wild Dog, Canis bengalensis...7

• Oh, Great King, Don't be Angry...9

CHAPTER II. - Wolves, Wild Dogs, Boars, Mongoose, Small Game Shooting

1. Wolves Watching Antelope...19
2. Wild Dogs (Cuon rutilans)...25
3. Mungoose and Cobra...28
4. Rather a Stopper...31
5. A Brave Boar...33
6. The Lesser Florikin (Syphcolides auritus)...36
7. The Bengal Florican (Spyheoides bengaleiuis)...36

• Wolves Watching Antelope...19

• Wild Dogs, (Cuon rutilans)...25

• Rather a Stopper...31

• Bengal Florican...36

CHAPTER III. - Sporting Trip to the Dandilly Forest

1. The Bungalow, Dandilly Forest...39
2. "I Just saw His Head and Horns"...44
3. "Emam Took up the Track"...47
4. An Unexpected Meeting...50

CHAPTER IV. - Singapore, Java and Labuan

1. The Wart Hog of Java (Sus verrucosus)...59
2. The Smero from Paparawang...62
3. Birdseye View of the Crater of the Bromo...68
4. Outline of the Smeroe and the Bromo...68
5. Lake of Ranio Clakka...72
6. Principal Figure in the Temple of Sookoo...77
7. Stone Slabs in the Temple of Sookoo, showing the manufacture of the Kriss ....78 . to face
8. After Deer, Bandoeng...84
9. Curious Hat of the Rusa Deer in Java...89
10. The Big Boar of Labuan (Sus barbatus)...95
11. Nests of a Diminutive Bee found at Labuan...96

CHAPTER V. - Bears

1. He tried hard to get at us through the Bamboos...99
2. "He was upon me at once"...104
3. "I didn't do it, Ma!"...107
4. I could Hear the Bones Breaking...110

CHAPTER VI. - Ibex Shooting on the Nielgherries, Annamullais, and Pulnies

1. The Ibex (The Nielgherry Wild Goat), Male and Female...111
2. The Ibex Hills, Annamullies...117
3. My First Ibex...120
4. The Hut, Pykara...122
5. The Old Saddle-back...124
6. I take off my Shoes...127
7. A Close Shave...129
8. The Ibex Stalker...135

• The Old Saddleback...124

• I Take Off My Shoes...127

• A Close Shave...129

• The Ibex Stalker..135

CHAPTER VII. - Elephants

1. The Knowing Old Engineer...142
2. Diagram for Elephant Shots...145
3. I try to drive him Home...149
4. Charging a Bull Bison, Sept. 20, 1856...151
5. The Tables Turned...154
6. We held on like "Grim Death"...154
7. Help ! Help ! !...155
8. We Secure him at last...155
9. Heels over Head...157
10. The First Shot at the Great Tusker...159
11. The Death of the Great Tusker of Hassanoor...160
12. "BAFFLED" (for description see Chapter VIII)...164

CHAPTER VIII. - Tigers, Leopards etc.

1. Tigers and Sambur...173
2. The Cheeky Rascal...185
3. A Most Magnificent Bound...188
4. The Vultures Bring Him Out...189
5. Rather a Surprise...191
6. The Mid-Day Siesta...192
7. I staring at him, and He Glaring and Growling...197
8. He stopped to look at me...200
9. What I saw one Morning...202
10. He stood to Listen205
11. Face to Face...209
12. I could have Slapped its Face...220
13. The Jungle Cat (Felis chaus)...223
14. It will Sit and Watch on a Crag...224
15. The Black Leopard...225
16. The Black Leopard— His Death...226
17. The Leopard's Ride...228
18. Leopard on Bough...232
19. My Last Leopard...235

• Baffled...164

• Mid-Day Siesta...192

• I staring at him, and He Glaring and Growling...197

• He stood to Listen, I Looking the Other Way...205

CHAPTER IX. - The Bison of Southern India

1. Head of a Bull Bison...236
2. Skull and Horns of Bison...238
3. I Plunged My Hunting Knife Into His Side...243
4. A Big Bull Bison staring at me...245
5. A Tall Shot...246
6. Not the pleasantest Moment of my Life...248
7. A dead Bull...248

• I Plunged My Hunting Knife Into His Side...243

• Head of bull bison...236

• Dimensions of Bison horns...238

• Axis deer, Trophy Antlers...279

CHAPTER X. -

1. The Sambur buck and doe...252
2. Head and Horns of the big Antler Stag...258
3. The Unheeded Warning...262
4. His Last Leap...265
5. Puzzled...268
6. Snob and the Stag...269
7. "Now Bounding into the Air"...271
8. The Deer Stalker...278
9. The Axis or Spotted Deer...279
10. The Jungle Sheep...280