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                         The Badminton Library

                                  OF

                          SPORTS AND PASTIMES

                               EDITED BY

                 HIS GRACE THE DUKE OF BEAUFORT, K.G.

                    ASSISTED BY ALFRED E. T. WATSON

                          _BIG GAME SHOOTING_

                                  II.




[Illustration: HAND TO HAND WORK]




                           BIG GAME SHOOTING

                                  BY
                        CLIVE PHILLIPPS-WOLLEY

                         WITH CONTRIBUTIONS BY
              LIEUT.-COLONEL R. HEBER PERCY, ARNOLD PIKE,
         MAJOR ALGERNON C. HEBER PERCY, W. A. BAILLIE-GROHMAN,
      SIR HENRY POTTINGER, BART., EARL OF KILMOREY, ABEL CHAPMAN,
               WALTER J. BUCK, AND ST. GEORGE LITTLEDALE

                            [Illustration]

                               VOL. II.

                _WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY CHARLES WHYMPER
                         AND FROM PHOTOGRAPHS_

                                LONDON
                       LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO.
                                 1894




CONTENTS OF THE SECOND VOLUME


  CHAPTER                                                           PAGE

       I. ARCTIC HUNTING
            _By Arnold Pike._                                            1

      II. THE CAUCASUS
           _By Clive Phillipps-Wolley._                                 22

     III. MOUNTAIN GAME OF THE CAUCASUS
           _By Clive Phillipps-Wolley._                                 48

      IV. CAUCASIAN AUROCHS
           _By St. G. Littledale._                                      65

       V. OVIS ARGALI OF MONGOLIA
           _By St. G. Littledale._                                      73

      VI. THE CHAMOIS
           _By W. A. Baillie-Grohman._                                  77

     VII. THE STAG OF THE ALPS
           _By W. A. Baillie-Grohman._                                 112

    VIII. THE SCANDINAVIAN ELK
           _By Sir Henry Potlinger, Bart._                             123

      IX. EUROPEAN BIG GAME
           _By Major Algernon Heber Percy, and the Earl of Kilmorey._  154

       X. THE LARGE GAME OF SPAIN AND PORTUGAL
           _By Abel Chapman and W. J. Buck._                           174

      XI. INDIAN SHOOTING
           _By Lieut.-Col. Reginald Heber Percy._                      182

     XII. THE OVIS POLI OF THE PAMIR
           _By St. G. Littledale._                                     363

    XIII. CAMPS, TRANSPORT, ETC.
           _By Clive Phillipps-Wolley._                                377

     XIV. A FEW NOTES ON RIFLES AND AMMUNITION
           _By H. W. H._                                               394

      XV. HINTS ON TAXIDERMY, ETC.
           _By Clive Phillipps-Wolley._                                413

          A SHORT BIBLIOGRAPHY                                         421

  INDEX                                                                425




ILLUSTRATIONS IN THE SECOND VOLUME

(_Reproduced by Messrs. Walker & Boutall_)


                        FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS

                                            ARTIST

  HAND TO HAND WORK                       _C. Whymper_   _Frontispiece_

  DEATH OF A POLAR BEAR                       ”         _to face p._ 16

  THE CORPSE ROCKS                        _C. Whymper_         ”     20

  MR. ST. G. LITTLEDALE’S CAUCASIAN }  _From a photograph_     ”     36
  BAG FOR THE SEASON OF 1887        }

  ‘STANDING LIKE STATUES’                 _C. Whymper_         ”     48

  IBEX (_Hircus ægagrus_)                     ”                ”     52

  THE SPECTRE                                 ”                ”     62

  CHAMOIS                           {_From an instantaneous_}  ”     80
                                    {_photograph_           }

  SPANISH IBEX                      {_C. W., after a sketch_}  ”    180
                                    {     _by A. Chapman_   }

  THE FIRST STALK OF THE SEASON              ”                 ”    184

  A FAIR CHANCE AT BLACK BEARS           _C. Whymper_          ”    186

  ‘THE FRONT RANK AND PART OF THE }          ”                 ”    208
      SECOND ALONE STOOD FIRM’    }

  A CHARGING GAUR                                              ”    242

  A SNAP-SHOT IN THE FOREST             _Major H. Jones_       ”    278

  ‘WITH CARTRIDGES HANDY AND STEADY }                          ”    322
  SHOOTING’                         }

  MR. ST. GEORGE LITTLEDALE’S BAG OF  }  _From a photograph_   ”    374
  OVIS POLI, 1888                     }

  THE CAMP                                _C. Whymper_         ”    378

                           WOODCUTS IN TEXT.

                                            ARTIST

  AMONG THE ICE                           _C. Whymper_                1

  A WALRUS’ HEAD                    { _From a photograph_ }           5
                                    { _after Mr. Lamont_  }

  WHERE TO SHOOT A WALRUS                                             7

  WAITING FOR THE DAWN                    _C. Whymper_               27

  THE BOAR’S CHARGE                                                  33

  A GUTTUROSA                                                        45

  DEAD AUROCHS                      {_After a photograph_}           65
                                    {_from Nature_       }

  THE SPY CHAMOIS                                                    79

  EMPEROR MAXIMILIAN I. CHAMOIS }         _After Theuerdank_        110
  HUNTING, A.D. 1500            }

  ANTLERS OF STAGS KILLED AT RADAUC, }
  IN THE PILIS MOUNTAINS AND THE     }                              115
  JOLSVA ESTATES                     }

  SPECIMEN HEADS OF SCANDINAVIAN ELKS     _From a photograph_       129

  STALKING ELK                            _C. Whymper_              152

  ‘THIS TIME HIS SIDE WAS TOWARDS ME’        ”                      158

  GROUP OF AUROCHS                           ”                      168

  AUROCHS’ HEADS                        {_C. W., from a_}           171
                                        {_photograph_   }

  THE LYNX (_Felis pardina_)              _C. Whymper_              174

  SNOW-BEARS                              _Major H. Jones_          187

  A GLORIFIED COMET                 {_C. W., after sketches_}       189
                                    {_by Capt. Rawlinson_   }

  HOWDAH SHOOTING                                                   196

  LANDING A GHAYAL                                                  239

  ‘HE GAVE HIM A TREMENDOUS PUNISHING’                              255

  HOGDEER SHOOTING                                                  262

  RUCERVUS DUVAUCELLI                     _From a photograph_       266

  RUCERVUS SCHOMBURGKII                                             267

  PANOLIA ELDII                                                     269

  A STALK IN THE OPEN               {_C.W., after Major_}           281
                                    {_H. Jones_         }

  SPECIMEN HEADS OF OVIS POLI AND  }      _From photographs_        292
  OVIS KARELINI                    }

  SPECIMEN HEADS OF OVIS AMMON AND }                                293
  OVIS NIVICOLA                    }

  THE ASTOR MARKHOR                 {_C. W., after sketch_}         310
                                    {_by Capt. Rawlinson_ }

  VARIETIES OF MARKHOR                    _From photograph_         312

  IN HIS SUMMER COAT                      _C. Whymper_              318

  SPECIMEN HEADS OF CAPRA SIBIRICA, }     _From photograph_         322
  CAPRA ÆGAGRUS, AND CAPRA SINAITICA}

  A DREAM OF THER SHOOTING          {_C. W., after sketch_}         326
                                    {_by Capt. Rawlinson_ }

  THE SEROW GALLOPS DOWN HILL             _C. Whymper_              333

  BUDORCAS TAXICOLOR                      _From photograph_         335

  SAIGA TARTARICA                                                   345

  TAME DECOYS                             _C. Whymper_              351

  OVIS POLI                                   ”                     363

  OUR CAMP                                                          367

  DEAD OVIS POLI                                                    376

  CINCH HIM UP                                                      381

  KNIFE FASTENING                                                   388

  ‘GOOD-BYE TO THE GROCERIES’                                       391

  SPECIMENS OF 340, 360, 440, AND }     _From a photograph._        395
  460 GRAIN EXPRESS BULLETS       }

  SPECIMENS OF.500 AND.577 BORE EXPRESS BULLETS                   396

  SPECIMENS OF.450 AND.577 BORE EXPRESS BULLETS                   397

  SPECIMENS OF SOFT.577 B