Tiger and other game. The practical experiences of a soldier shikari in India [1927]

Tiger and other game. The practical experiences of a soldier shikari in India [1927]

Author: Colonel A. E. Stewart

Year: 1927

Digitised by Google Books from the collection of the University of California, see Source below. If necessary, click on Show More, below. The author was Commandant of the 3/10th Baluch Regiment (Queen Mary’s Own), Indian Army. The Preface says "The following shikar notes were written during one hot weather in India, not with a view to publication but as a help to my brother officers and with a view to stimulating shikar in the regiment. To bridge for them the many pitfalls into which I myself when a youngster had fallen, I have written these notes essentially for the one-man shikari with limited means who runs his own show. An attempt " to paint the picture " and simplify everything from the start of a shikar trip to the end, they are the actual experiences of a "jungle foot slogger " who, with limited means, has always run his own show, been his own shikari in every detail, and learned the jungles from his own experience and study. They are not intended for old and experienced shikaris, but only as a guiding help to those who are new at the game."