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Title: Sport on the Nilgiris and in Wynaad
Year: 1911 (1910s)
Authors: Fletcher, F. W. F
Subjects: Hunting
Publisher: London, Macmillan
Contributing Library: Boston Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Boston Public Library

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he two-leggedpoacher who does the damage. That ibex may againincrease and multiply is a consummation devoutly tobe wished, for—from the sportsmans standpoint—it isibex shooting that lends to the Nilgiris their chiefestcharm. Personally, I know that whether Fortunesmiled or whether she frowned, I never regretted ajaunt to the Kundahs, for the wild grandeur of thatmountain chain had for me a fascination that neverpalled. The sense of boundless freedom that thrilledthrough every nerve with each draught of the keenmountain air was in itself ample reward for a daystoil; and I never look back to the halcyon days Ispent with H. after ibex without regret. The Kundahsand the ibex are there, and to them I can return atany time ; but H., true sportsman and truer friend,sleeps the sleep that knows no waking on the BlueMountains he knew and loved so well. THE SAMBUR Scientific name.—Cervus untcolor.Tamil name.—Kadutnay.Kanarese name.—Kadavay.Kurumba name. ^Kadavay.Nayaka name.—Kadavay^
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THE SAMBUR I by the Woodmans art Forecast, where I may lodge the goodly Hie-palmd Hart,To viewe the grazing Heards, so sundry times I use.Where by the loftiest Head I know my Deare to chuse. Drayton, The sambur, the .largest of the Indian deer, iswidely distributed, being found over the wholecontinent, and in Ceylon, wherever there are hillranges covered with jungle. Though only one speciesexists throughout, with no marked variation in size orappearance, the divergence in size of antlers fromdifferent parts of the country is extreme. The largestheads are found in Central India, and many very fineones have been shot on the Nilgiris. In Wynaad thehorns are usually somewhat shorter and less massivethan those on the higher but adjoining plateau : theyrule comparatively small on the Himalayas and in theEast of the Peninsula : while in Ceylon a really goodhead, judged by the Indian standard, is unknown. Apossible explanation of this difference in size of hornsfrom different localities may b

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