Big Game Shooting, volume 2 (of 2)
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BIG GAME SHOOTING
CONTENTS OF THE SECOND VOLUME
ILLUSTRATIONS IN THE SECOND VOLUME
FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS
WOODCUTS IN TEXT.
BIG GAME SHOOTING
CHAPTER I ARCTIC HUNTING
I. WALRUS (Rosmarus trichechus)
II. THE POLAR BEAR (Ursus maritimus)
CHAPTER II THE CAUCASUS
I. INTRODUCTORY
II. NORTH-WEST CAUCASUS.
III. SOUTHERN SLOPES OF THE CAUCASUS
IV. PLAINS OF THE CAUCASUS
CHAPTER III MOUNTAIN GAME OF THE CAUCASUS
CHAPTER IV CAUCASIAN AUROCHS
CHAPTER V OVIS ARGALI OF MONGOLIA
CHAPTER VI THE CHAMOIS
CHAMOIS PRESERVES AND PEASANT-SHOOTS
CHAMOIS STALKING
RIFLES AND KIT
CHAMOIS DRIVING
HISTORY OF THE CHAMOIS AND ITS CHASE
CHAPTER VII THE STAG OF THE ALPS
STALKING THE ALPINE STAG
CHAPTER VIII THE SCANDINAVIAN ELK
CHAPTER IX EUROPEAN BIG GAME
BROWN BEAR HUNTING IN RUSSIAN LAPLAND
BEAR DRIVING IN RUSSIA
AUROCHS HUNTING
CHAPTER X THE LARGE GAME OF SPAIN AND PORTUGAL
CHAPTER XI INDIAN SHOOTING
I. INTRODUCTORY.
II. THE BEARS OF INDIA AND BURMAH
III. THE LION (Felis leo)
IV. TIGER (Felis tigris)
V. PANTHER (Felis Pardus)
VI. THE CLOUDED PANTHER (Felis Diardii vel Macrocelis)
VII. THE HUNTING LEOPARD (Felis jubata)
VIII. THE OUNCE, OR SNOW LEOPARD (Felis Uncia)
IX. THE THIBETAN LYNX (Felis Isabellina)
X. WOLVES AND WILD DOGS
XI. THE STRIPED HYÆNA (Hyæna striata)
XII. ELEPHANT (Elephas indicus)
XIII. RHINOCEROS
XIV. THE MALAY TAPIR (Tapirus malayanus)
XV. WILD BOAR (Sus indicus)
XVI. THE PIGMY HOG (Porcula salvania)
XVII. CROCODILES
XVIII. GAUR (Gavæus Gaurus)
XIX. BURMESE WILD OX (Gavæus sondaicus)
XX. YAK (Poephagus grunniens)
XXI. BUFFALO (Bubalus arni)
XXII. SAMBUR (Rusa Aristotelis)
XXIII. HOGDEER (Axis porcinus)
XXIV. SPOTTED DEER (Axis maculatus)
XXV. SWAMP DEER (Rucervus Duvaucelli)
XXVI. BROW-ANTLERED OR ELD’S DEER
XXVII. THE CASHMERE STAG (Cervus cashmirianus)—Sterndale, Kinloch. (Cervus Wallichii)—Jerdon, Ward
XXVIII. THE SIKKIM STAG (Cervus affinis vel Wallichi)
XXIX. MUSK DEER (Moschus moschiferus)
XXX. BARKING, OR RIB-FACED DEER
XXXI. THE LARGE WILD SHEEP OF INDIA
XXXII. BURREL (Ovis Nahura vel Burhel)
XXXIII. SHAPOO (Ovis Vignei)
XXXIV. OORIAL (Ovis cycloceros)
XXXV. OVIS BLANFORDI
XXXVI. MARKHOR (Capra megaceros vel Falconeri)
XXXVII. IBEX (Capra sibirica)
XXXVIII.—THE IBEX OF PERSIA AND SINDH (Capra ægagrus)
XXXIX. THER (Capra jemlaica)
XL. NEILGHERRY IBEX (Hemitragus hylocrius)
XLI. GOORAL (Nemorhædus Goral)
XLII. SEROW (Nemorhædus bubalinus)
XLIII. TAKIN (Budorcas taxicolor)
XLIV. THIBETAN ANTELOPE (Pantholops Hodgsonii—Sterndale, Kinloch); (Kemas Hodgsonii—Ward)
XLV. THE SAIGA ANTELOPE (Saiga tartarica)
XLVI. THE THIBETAN GAZELLE (Gazella picticaudata, Procapra picticaudata—Ward)
XLVII. INDIAN ANTELOPE (Antilope Bezoartica)
XLVIII. THE NYLGHAO (Portax pictus)
XLIX. INDIAN GAZELLE (Gazella Bennetti)
L. THE FOUR-HORNED ANTELOPE (Tetraceros quadricornis)
LI. THE MOUSE DEER (Meminna indica)
LII. KYANG (Equus hemionus)
LIII. THE WILD ASS (Equus onager)
CHAPTER XII THE OVIS POLI OF THE PAMIR
CHAPTER XIII CAMPS, TRANSPORT, ETC.
CHAPTER XIV A FEW NOTES ON RIFLES AND AMMUNITION
CHAPTER XV HINTS ON TAXIDERMY, ETC
A SHORT BIBLIOGRAPHY OF BIG GAME SHOOTING, etc.
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FOOTNOTES
INDEX TO THE SECOND VOLUME
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