The Highlands of Central India: Notes on Their Forests and Wild Tribes, Natural History, and Sports (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

J. Forsyth

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1330224787 ISBN 13 : 9781330224786

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Excerpt from The Highlands of Central India: Notes on Their Forests and Wild Tribes, Natural History, and Sports

Trap Country - Condition of the Teak Forests - Other Timber Trees - The Tapti'' Valley - The Frankincense Tree - Aspects of the Forests in the Trap Region - Jungle Fires - Ancient Settlements - The koi''klls of the Tapti Valley - Difficulty of Exploration - Hid Sports - The Sambar Deer - Its Habits and Food - Death of the Bori Stag - Horns of the Sambar - Curious Occurrences in Shooting - Incidents in Tiger Shooting - Stalking the Sambar - The Hatti Hills - The bheels-a Bheel Fort Mahomedan Architecture - Difficulty of finding Sambar Dhaotea - Disappearance of the Sz''rmbar - Return to the Plains - The Valley of the Vultures - Return to the Sambar Ground - Shoot a Stag - Miss another - The Four lrorned Antelope - Bison Shooting - The Shrimp and the Skunk - Find a Herd - Kill a Bull - A Dangerous Position - A Solitary Bull - Te miss the vvater - Another Bull Killed - A Herd of Sambar - Account of a Bag.

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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1330224787
• ISBN 13: 9781330224786
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 502
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