Sketches of Field Sports As Followed By the Natives of India With Observations
Sketches of Field Sports As Followed By the Natives of India With Observations
Daniel Johnson
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To battle they actually went, not against men, but against the destroyers of men. It should also be taken into consideration that in such excursions in India they are liable to meet with enemies and are obliged to be pre- pared accordingly. They remained three weeks or a month near the same place, occa- sionly changing their ground, as they de- stroyed the animals in the neighbourhood, and then returned to Lucknow, much in the same manner and style, as they left it, but by a different route. N2... 180 YIZIER'S SPORTING. The number of Tigers, Buffaloes, Hogs. Deer, and other animals that were killed, can only be conceived, by the prodigious magni- tude of the force employed for their destruc- tion, in a country where they abounded. Notwithstanding this, should I insert the number of animals killed on one excursion, as reported to me from the best authority, my readers would scarcely credit it. CHAP. IX. A SHORT SKETCH OF THE CHARACTER OF NAWAUB VIZIER ASOP-UL-DOWLAH. IF the foregoing description of the manner of sporting has interested the reader, he may perhaps feel a wish to know somewhat more of the man who carried it on with so much splendour and magnificence.
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