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*[http://books.google.com/books?id=MwoFAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA3 ''The Old Forest Ranger, or, Wild Sports of India on the Neilgherry Hills, in the Jungles and On the Plains''] by Walter Campbell 1853 Google Books
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=MwoFAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA3 ''The Old Forest Ranger, or, Wild Sports of India on the Neilgherry Hills, in the Jungles and On the Plains''] by Walter Campbell 1853 Google Books
*''Records of Sport and Military Life in Western India'' by  Lieut-Colonel Thomas Gamble  Fraser 1881. [http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_000000034B12#?#loaded&c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=0&z=-1219.2441%2C-125.3889%2C3886.4882%2C2507.7778  British Library Digital].  [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.101833/page/n5 Archive.org version], mirror from Digital Library of India.  Born 1807, he joined the Bombay Army, (1st Bombay Fusiliers), as a young Cadet,  aged 16  c 1823  and  retired 1st January 1856.  
*''Records of Sport and Military Life in Western India'' by  Lieut-Colonel Thomas Gamble  Fraser 1881. [http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_000000034B12#?#loaded&c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=0&z=-1219.2441%2C-125.3889%2C3886.4882%2C2507.7778  British Library Digital].  [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.101833/page/n5 Archive.org version], mirror from Digital Library of India.  Born 1807, he joined the Bombay Army, (1st Bombay Fusiliers), as a young Cadet,  aged 16  c 1823  and  retired 1st January 1856.  
*[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/nyp.33433066594338?urlappend=%3Bseq=17 ''Tiger-shooting in India; being an account of hunting experiences on foot in Rajpootana, during the hot seasons, from 1850 to 1854''] by William Rice, Lieutenant 25th Regiment Bombay N I 1857 Hathi Trust Digital Library
*[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/nyp.33433066594338?urlappend=%3Bseq=17 ''Tiger-shooting in India; being an account of hunting experiences on foot in Rajpootana, during the hot seasons, from 1850 to 1854''] by William Rice, Lieutenant 25th Regiment Bombay N I 1857 HathiTrust Digital Library. [https://archive.org/details/dli.granth.53307/page/n3/mode/2up Archive.org version].
:[https://archive.org/details/cu31924005747377 ''"Indian Game", (from Quail to Tiger)''] by William Rice 1884 Archive.org
:[https://archive.org/details/cu31924005747377 ''"Indian Game", (from Quail to Tiger)''] by William Rice 1884 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/dli.pahar.0448 ''Shooting In The Himalayas. A Journal of Sporting Adventures and Travel in Chinese Tartary, Ladac, Thibet, Cashmere, etc.''] by Colonel Fred. Markham 32nd Regiment 1854. Archive.org, mirror from PAHAR: Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset
*[https://archive.org/details/shootinginhimala00markrich/page/n5/mode/2up ''Shooting In The Himalayas. A Journal of Sporting Adventures and Travel in Chinese Tartary, Ladac, Thibet, Cashmere, etc.''] by Colonel Fred. Markham 32nd Regiment 1854. Archive.org.
*[https://archive.org/details/pastdaysinindiao00londiala ''Past Days in India, or  Sporting reminiscences of the Valley of the Soane and the Basin of Singrowlee'']  by a Late Customs’ Officer, N W Provinces, India. 1874 Archive.org. Set in the period prior to the Indian Mutiny. Mirzapore, Central India.
*[https://archive.org/details/pastdaysinindiao00londiala ''Past Days in India, or  Sporting reminiscences of the Valley of the Soane and the Basin of Singrowlee'']  by a Late Customs’ Officer, N W Provinces, India. 1874 Archive.org. Set in the period prior to the Indian Mutiny. Mirzapore, Central India.
*[https://archive.org/details/huntinggroundsof00halhrich/page/n7 ''The Hunting Grounds of the Old World''] by "The Old Shekarry" H A L [Henry Astbury Leveson] 2nd edition 1860. Includes India, Circassia and Algeria.  [https://archive.org/details/huntinggroundso02levegoog/page/n9  3rd edition 1865] [https://archive.org/details/huntinggroundsof00halh/page/n4 New edition, 1871] All Archive.org  
*[https://archive.org/details/huntinggroundsof00halhrich/page/n7 ''The Hunting Grounds of the Old World''] by "The Old Shekarry" H A L [Henry Astbury Leveson] 2nd edition 1860. Includes India, Circassia and Algeria.  [https://archive.org/details/huntinggroundso02levegoog/page/n9  3rd edition 1865] [https://archive.org/details/huntinggroundsof00halh/page/n4 New edition, 1871] All Archive.org  
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*''Sport in British Burmah, Assam and the Cassyah and Jyntiah Hills : with notes of sport in the hilly districts of the Northern Division, Madras Presidency ...''  by Lieut.-Colonel Pollok, Madras Staff Corps. (Fitzwilliam Thomas Pollok) 1879 [https://archive.org/details/sportinbritishb01pollgoog Volume I],  [https://archive.org/details/sportinbritishb00pollgoog Volume II] Archive.org
*''Sport in British Burmah, Assam and the Cassyah and Jyntiah Hills : with notes of sport in the hilly districts of the Northern Division, Madras Presidency ...''  by Lieut.-Colonel Pollok, Madras Staff Corps. (Fitzwilliam Thomas Pollok) 1879 [https://archive.org/details/sportinbritishb01pollgoog Volume I],  [https://archive.org/details/sportinbritishb00pollgoog Volume II] Archive.org
:[http://seasiavisions.library.cornell.edu/bookreader/sea:354/#page/8/mode/2up ''Fifty years' reminiscences of India : a retrospect of travel, adventure and shikar'']  by Colonel Pollock, [FitzWilliam Thomas Pollock] Madras Staff Corps  1896 seasiavisions.library.cornell.edu. [https://archive.org/details/fiftyyearsremini00poll Archive.org version] The author arrived in Madras in early 1849, and was posted to a Native Infantry Regiment. In 1853 he was appointed to the Sappers and Miners in Burma.
:[http://seasiavisions.library.cornell.edu/bookreader/sea:354/#page/8/mode/2up ''Fifty years' reminiscences of India : a retrospect of travel, adventure and shikar'']  by Colonel Pollock, [FitzWilliam Thomas Pollock] Madras Staff Corps  1896 seasiavisions.library.cornell.edu. [https://archive.org/details/fiftyyearsremini00poll Archive.org version] The author arrived in Madras in early 1849, and was posted to a Native Infantry Regiment. In 1853 he was appointed to the Sappers and Miners in Burma.
*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=HHawmAEACAAJ&pg=PP1 ''Nilgiri Sporting Reminiscences'']  by an Old Shikarri [G. A. R. D. ie G A R Dawson] Google Books. Also available [https://hdl.handle.net/2027/msu.31293016921979?urlappend=%3Bseq=9 HathiTrust Digital Library] where the images may be rotated.
*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=HHawmAEACAAJ&pg=PP1 ''Nilgiri Sporting Reminiscences'']  by an Old Shikarri [G. A. R. D. ie G A R Dawson] 1880 Google Books. Also available [https://hdl.handle.net/2027/msu.31293016921979?urlappend=%3Bseq=9 HathiTrust Digital Library] where the images may be rotated.
*''India and Tiger-Hunting'' by Colonel Julius Barras Archive.org [https://archive.org/details/indiaandtigerhu02barrgoog Volume I] 1883; [https://archive.org/details/indiaandtigerhu01barrgoog Series II] 1885
*''India and Tiger-Hunting'' by Colonel Julius Barras Archive.org [https://archive.org/details/indiaandtigerhu02barrgoog Volume I] 1883; [https://archive.org/details/indiaandtigerhu01barrgoog Series II] 1885
:''The New Shikari at our Indian Stations'' by Julius Barras 1885 Archive.org [http://www.archive.org/stream/newshikariatour00barrgoog#page/n3/mode/2up Volume 1], [http://www.archive.org/stream/newshikariatour01barrgoog#page/n4/mode/2up Volume 2]
:''The New Shikari at our Indian Stations'' by Julius Barras 1885 Archive.org [http://www.archive.org/stream/newshikariatour00barrgoog#page/n3/mode/2up Volume 1], [http://www.archive.org/stream/newshikariatour01barrgoog#page/n4/mode/2up Volume 2]
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*''Wild Beasts and Their Ways: Reminiscences of Europe, Asia, Africa, and America''    by Samuel White Baker 1890 Archive.org [http://archive.org/stream/wildbeastsandth03bakegoog#page/n10/mode/2up Volume I] [http://archive.org/stream/wildbeastsandth00unkngoog#page/n10/mode/2up Volume II]
*''Wild Beasts and Their Ways: Reminiscences of Europe, Asia, Africa, and America''    by Samuel White Baker 1890 Archive.org [http://archive.org/stream/wildbeastsandth03bakegoog#page/n10/mode/2up Volume I] [http://archive.org/stream/wildbeastsandth00unkngoog#page/n10/mode/2up Volume II]
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/tentlifeintigerl00ingliala#page/n5/mode/2up ''Tent Life in Tigerland with which is incorporated Sport and Work on the Nepaul Frontier : being twelve years' sporting reminiscences of a pioneer (indigo) planter in an indian frontier district''] by James Inglis 1892. Archive.org.  ''Sport and Work on the Nepaul Frontier'' was first published 1878.
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/tentlifeintigerl00ingliala#page/n5/mode/2up ''Tent Life in Tigerland with which is incorporated Sport and Work on the Nepaul Frontier : being twelve years' sporting reminiscences of a pioneer (indigo) planter in an indian frontier district''] by James Inglis 1892. Archive.org.  ''Sport and Work on the Nepaul Frontier'' was first published 1878.
*[http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1892-a-first-bear-shoot-in-kashmir-being-a-guide-for-would-be-sportsmen-by-burrard-s-pdf/ ''A First Bear-Shoot in Kashmir being a guide for would-be sportsmen''] by W Dutton Burrard 1892, published Allahabad.  Pdf download PAHAR- Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset (MCADD)
*[http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1892-a-first-bear-shoot-in-kashmir-being-a-guide-for-would-be-sportsmen-by-burrard-s-pdf/ ''A First Bear-Shoot in Kashmir being a guide for would-be sportsmen of shrewd understanding but tender years''] by W Dutton Burrard 1892, published Allahabad.  Pdf download PAHAR- Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset (MCADD). [https://archive.org/details/dli.pahar.1239/mode/2up Archive.org mirror version].
*[https://archive.org/details/biggameshooting02philiala ''Big Game Shooting, Volume II''] by Clive Phillipps-Wolley  1894 Archive.org. Part of ''The Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes''. Includes India.  (Volume I, Africa).
*[https://archive.org/details/biggameshooting02philiala ''Big Game Shooting, Volume II''] by Clive Phillipps-Wolley  1894 Archive.org. Part of ''The Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes''. Includes India.  (Volume I, Africa).
*[https://archive.org/details/thirtyyearsofshi00brad ''Thirty Years of Shikar''],  with a [https://archive.org/stream/thirtyyearsofshi00brad#page/n392/mode/1up  Map: Oudh Forest Tracts and Nepal Terai]    by Sir Edward Braddon 1895 Archive.org.The [http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/braddon-sir-edward-nicholas-coventry-5330 author] was in India from 1847, including the Civil Service. Australian Dictionary of Biography.  He left India in 1878, and later became a politician in Australia.
*[https://archive.org/details/thirtyyearsofshi00brad ''Thirty Years of Shikar''],  with a [https://archive.org/stream/thirtyyearsofshi00brad#page/n392/mode/1up  Map: Oudh Forest Tracts and Nepal Terai]    by Sir Edward Braddon 1895 Archive.org.The [http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/braddon-sir-edward-nicholas-coventry-5330 author] was in India from 1847, including the Civil Service. Australian Dictionary of Biography.  He left India in 1878, and later became a politician in Australia.
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*[https://archive.org/details/ibexofshapingoth00rundrich ''The Ibex of Sha-ping, and Other Himalayan Studies''] by Lieut. L B Rundall 1st Gurkha Rifles (Killed in Action Dec. 19, 1914) 1915 Archive.org. With illustrations by the author.
*[https://archive.org/details/ibexofshapingoth00rundrich ''The Ibex of Sha-ping, and Other Himalayan Studies''] by Lieut. L B Rundall 1st Gurkha Rifles (Killed in Action Dec. 19, 1914) 1915 Archive.org. With illustrations by the author.
*[https://archive.org/details/wanderingsoftemp00bacoiala/page/n8 ''The Wanderings of a Temporary Warrior : a territorial officer's narrative of service (and sport) in three continents''] by Captain Alban F L Bacon (late Hampshire Regiment) [2/4 Battalion] 1922.  Archive.org.  The regiment was stationed in Quetta much of the time it was in India January 1915-April 1917. He went duck shooting around Quetta, and in Sind.
*[https://archive.org/details/wanderingsoftemp00bacoiala/page/n8 ''The Wanderings of a Temporary Warrior : a territorial officer's narrative of service (and sport) in three continents''] by Captain Alban F L Bacon (late Hampshire Regiment) [2/4 Battalion] 1922.  Archive.org.  The regiment was stationed in Quetta much of the time it was in India January 1915-April 1917. He went duck shooting around Quetta, and in Sind.
*[http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1918-with-pen-and-rifle-in-kishtwar-by-rothfeld-s-pdf/  ''With Pen and Rifle in Kishtwar''] by Otto Rothfeld 1918. The author was a member of the Indian Civil Service. He describes Kishtwar as, "…the province of Kishtwar, situated between Kashmir and Chamba on the way to Simla, and ruled by H. H. the Maharaja of Kashmir and Jammu". Pdf download, PAHAR Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset. If the book download does not display, locate  the digital file under Books.
*[http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1918-with-pen-and-rifle-in-kishtwar-by-rothfeld-s-pdf/  ''With Pen and Rifle in Kishtwar''] by Otto Rothfeld 1918. The author was a member of the Indian Civil Service. He describes Kishtwar as, "…the province of Kishtwar, situated between Kashmir and Chamba on the way to Simla, and ruled by H. H. the Maharaja of Kashmir and Jammu". Pdf download, PAHAR Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset. If the book download does not display, locate  the digital file under Books. [https://archive.org/details/dli.pahar.2077/mode/2up Archive.org mirror version].
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.284719/page/n181/mode/2up "Struma Valley 1919" [Southern Macedonia<nowiki>]</nowiki>] page 166, ''USI [United Service Institution Of India] Journal'' Vol.lxxii Jan to Oct 1942.  Archive.org. Hunting wild fowl, on leave in December 1919 from the author’s regiment in Constantinople, part of the [[Norperforce#Constantinople|Army of the Black Sea]].
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.284719/page/n181/mode/2up "Struma Valley 1919" [Southern Macedonia<nowiki>]</nowiki>] page 166, ''USI [United Service Institution Of India] Journal'' Vol.lxxii Jan to Oct 1942.  Archive.org. Hunting wild fowl, on leave in December 1919 from the author’s regiment in Constantinople, part of the [[Norperforce#Constantinople|Army of the Black Sea]].
* ''A Guide To Tiger Shooting'' by Madhav Rao Scindia 1920.  [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.207488 Archive.org version], mirror from Digital Library of India.
* ''A Guide To Tiger Shooting'' by Madhav Rao Scindia 1920.  [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.207488 Archive.org version], mirror from Digital Library of India.
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*[https://archive.org/stream/blackwoodsmag211edinuoft#page/318/mode/2up "A Shooting Trip in Chamba"] by F L Farrer  page 318 ''Blackwood’s Magazine'', no 211 January-June 1922  Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/stream/blackwoodsmag211edinuoft#page/318/mode/2up "A Shooting Trip in Chamba"] by F L Farrer  page 318 ''Blackwood’s Magazine'', no 211 January-June 1922  Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/daysnightswithin0000ward/page/n9 ''Days and Nights with Indian Big Game''] by Major-General A E Wardrop with chapters by C W G Morris. 1923. Archive.org. Wardrop was also the author of ''Modern pig-sticking'', see below.
*[https://archive.org/details/daysnightswithin0000ward/page/n9 ''Days and Nights with Indian Big Game''] by Major-General A E Wardrop with chapters by C W G Morris. 1923. Archive.org. Wardrop was also the author of ''Modern pig-sticking'', see below.
*[http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1924-sport-and-service-in-assam-and-elsewhere-by-wilson-s-pdf/ ''Sport and Service in Assam, and Elsewhere''] by  James Alban Wilson 1924. Pdf download Pahar-Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset. If download does not display, look under Books/ Indian Subcontinent.
*[http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1924-sport-and-service-in-assam-and-elsewhere-by-wilson-s-pdf/ ''Sport and Service in Assam, and Elsewhere''] by  James Alban Wilson 1924. Pdf download Pahar-Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset. If download does not display, look under Books/ Indian Subcontinent. [https://archive.org/details/dli.pahar.2253/mode/2up Archive.org mirror version]
*[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.$b25288?urlappend=%3Bseq=11 ''Big Game Hunting in the Himalayas and Tibet'']  by Major G. Burrard RFA (Retired) 1925 Hathi Trust Digital Library. [http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1925-big-game-hunting-in-the-himalayas-and-tibet-by-burrard-s-pdf/ Download from PAHAR- Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset (MCADD)]. If download does not display, look under Books/Himalaya and Karakoram.
*[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.$b25288?urlappend=%3Bseq=11 ''Big Game Hunting in the Himalayas and Tibet'']  by Major G. Burrard RFA (Retired) 1925 Hathi Trust Digital Library. [http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1925-big-game-hunting-in-the-himalayas-and-tibet-by-burrard-s-pdf/ Download from PAHAR- Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset (MCADD)]. If download does not display, look under Books/Himalaya and Karakoram. [https://archive.org/details/dli.pahar.2267/mode/2up Archive.org mirror version]
* ''Work And Sport In The Old I. C. S.'' by  W O Horne [William Ogilvie] 1928. He was appointed to the Madras Civil Service in 1882.  [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.461199  Archive.org version], mirror from Digital Library of India. Includes reference to the Madras Hunt.  
* ''Work And Sport In The Old I. C. S.'' by  W O Horne [William Ogilvie] 1928. He was appointed to the Madras Civil Service in 1882.  [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.461199  Archive.org version], mirror from Digital Library of India. Includes reference to the Madras Hunt.  
*''Beyond Leh: A Shooting Trip in Ladakh, 1926'' by K. W. Dickson, wife of R, a Medical Officer. ''Journal of the  Royal Army Medical Corps''   
*''Beyond Leh: A Shooting Trip in Ladakh, 1926'' by K. W. Dickson, wife of R, a Medical Officer. ''Journal of the  Royal Army Medical Corps''   
:[http://jramc.bmj.com/content/60/5/377.full.pdf Part 1] 1933;60:5 377-392. [http://jramc.bmj.com/content/60/6/456.full.pdf Part 2] 1933;60:6 456-461. [http://jramc.bmj.com/content/61/1/61.full.pdf Part 3] 1933;61:1 61-70. [http://jramc.bmj.com/content/61/2/133.full.pdf Part 4] 1933;61:2 133-144. [http://jramc.bmj.com/content/61/4/304.full.pdf Part 5] 1933;61:4 304-309. [http://jramc.bmj.com/content/61/5/379.full.pdf Part 6] 1933;61:5 379-393. Part 7: not online. [http://jramc.bmj.com/content/62/2/142.full.pdf Part 8] 1934;62:2 142-150. [http://jramc.bmj.com/content/62/3/224.full.pdf Part 9] 1934;62:3 224-233. [http://jramc.bmj.com/content/62/5/365.full.pdf Part 10] 1934;62:5 365-376. [http://jramc.bmj.com/content/62/6/430.full.pdf Part 11] 1934;62:6 430-440. [http://jramc.bmj.com/content/63/2/127.full.pdf Part 12] 1934;63:2 127-134. [http://jramc.bmj.com/content/63/3/193.full.pdf Part 13] 1934;63:3 193-206.  
:[http://jramc.bmj.com/content/60/5/377.full.pdf Part 1] 1933;60:5 377-392. [http://jramc.bmj.com/content/60/6/456.full.pdf Part 2] 1933;60:6 456-461. [http://jramc.bmj.com/content/61/1/61.full.pdf Part 3] 1933;61:1 61-70. [http://jramc.bmj.com/content/61/2/133.full.pdf Part 4] 1933;61:2 133-144. [http://jramc.bmj.com/content/61/4/304.full.pdf Part 5] 1933;61:4 304-309. [http://jramc.bmj.com/content/61/5/379.full.pdf Part 6] 1933;61:5 379-393. Part 7: not online. [http://jramc.bmj.com/content/62/2/142.full.pdf Part 8] 1934;62:2 142-150. [http://jramc.bmj.com/content/62/3/224.full.pdf Part 9] 1934;62:3 224-233. [http://jramc.bmj.com/content/62/5/365.full.pdf Part 10] 1934;62:5 365-376. [http://jramc.bmj.com/content/62/6/430.full.pdf Part 11] 1934;62:6 430-440. [http://jramc.bmj.com/content/63/2/127.full.pdf Part 12] 1934;63:2 127-134. [http://jramc.bmj.com/content/63/3/193.full.pdf Part 13] 1934;63:3 193-206.  
*[http://jramc.bmj.com/content/62/1/65.full.pdf "Suggestions as to the Cheapest Methods of Shooting Tiger in the Central Provinces, India"] by Exile ''Journal of the  Royal Army Medical Corps''  1934;62:1 pages 65-71.
*[http://jramc.bmj.com/content/62/1/65.full.pdf "Suggestions as to the Cheapest Methods of Shooting Tiger in the Central Provinces, India"] by Exile ''Journal of the  Royal Army Medical Corps''  1934;62:1 pages 65-71.
*[http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1934-when-the-red-gods-call-being-the-biography-of-a-shikari-in-the-making-by-malet-s-pdf/ ''When the Red Gods Call: Being The Biography Of A Shikari In The Making''] by Rawdon Malet 1934.  Link to a pdf download, PAHAR Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset. If the download does not display, go to Books/Indian Subcontinent/scroll to 1934. An account of the hunting career of James Carmody Collinson. He came to India after demobilisation following WW1. His travels took him to Baltistan, Tibet and Ladakh, where he hunted ibex and other game; journeying to India's Central Provinces, he successfully pursued tiger, sambur and bear<ref>[https://www.shakariconnection.com/books-about-early-african-hunters.html "Books About Early African Hunters"] shakariconnection.com </ref>.
*[http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1934-when-the-red-gods-call-being-the-biography-of-a-shikari-in-the-making-by-malet-s-pdf/ ''When the Red Gods Call: Being The Biography Of A Shikari In The Making''] by Rawdon Malet 1934.  Link to a pdf download, PAHAR Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset. If the download does not display, go to Books/Indian Subcontinent/scroll to 1934. [https://archive.org/details/dli.pahar.2588    Archive.org mirror version].  An account of the hunting career of James Carmody Collinson. He came to India after demobilisation following WW1. His travels took him to Baltistan, Tibet and Ladakh, where he hunted ibex and other game; journeying to India's Central Provinces, he successfully pursued tiger, sambur and bear<ref>[https://www.shakariconnection.com/books-about-early-african-hunters.html "Books About Early African Hunters"] shakariconnection.com </ref>.
* ''Shikar Memories'' by Lieut.-Col. H S Wood [Henry Stotesbury], IMS (Late M O 2/8th Gurkhas and Civil Surgeon, Assam) 1934. Full title: ''Shikar Memories. A record of sport and observation in India and Burma''. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.211390 Archive.org version], mirror from  Digital Library of India.
* ''Shikar Memories'' by Lieut.-Col. H S Wood [Henry Stotesbury], IMS (Late M O 2/8th Gurkhas and Civil Surgeon, Assam) 1934. Full title: ''Shikar Memories. A record of sport and observation in India and Burma''. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.211390 Archive.org version], mirror from  Digital Library of India.
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.209132/page/n259 Battle between an Assam tigress and a Rajput elephant] involving  C. B. a forestry official with a wooden leg, from [[Kathiawar]],  pages 251-254 ''Khyber Caravan: Through Kashmir, Waziristan, Afghanistan, Baluchistan and Northern India'' by Gordon Sinclair 1936. Archive.org.
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.209132/page/n259 Battle between an Assam tigress and a Rajput elephant] involving  C. B. a forestry official with a wooden leg, from [[Kathiawar]],  pages 251-254 ''Khyber Caravan: Through Kashmir, Waziristan, Afghanistan, Baluchistan and Northern India'' by Gordon Sinclair 1936. Archive.org.
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*[https://archive.org/details/callofthetiger029909mbp ''Call Of The Tiger''] by Colonel A N W Powell 1957 Archive.org . The author was a contemporary of Jim Corbett, the latter was born 1875.
*[https://archive.org/details/callofthetiger029909mbp ''Call Of The Tiger''] by Colonel A N W Powell 1957 Archive.org . The author was a contemporary of Jim Corbett, the latter was born 1875.
*For books by Jim Corbett, see [[Kumaon Division]].
*For books by Jim Corbett, see [[Kumaon Division]].
*[http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1970-assam-shikari-tea-planters-story-of-hunting-and-high-adventure-by-nicholls-s-pdf/  ''Assam Shikari. A tea planter's story of hunting and high adventure in the jungles of North East India''] by Frank Nicholls, Tea Planter (born 1889) 1970. Pdf download Pahar-Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset.
*[http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1970-assam-shikari-tea-planters-story-of-hunting-and-high-adventure-by-nicholls-s-pdf/  ''Assam Shikari. A tea planter's story of hunting and high adventure in the jungles of North East India''] by Frank Nicholls, Tea Planter (born 1889) 1970. Pdf download Pahar-Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset. [https://archive.org/details/dli.pahar.3375  Archive.org mirror version]
*[https://archive.org/details/TheRupaBookOfShikarStoriesRuskinBond ''The Rupa Book Of Shikar Stories''] edited by Ruskin Bond 2004. Selections from many authors; the first account in the book  is dated  1929. Archive.org.
*[https://archive.org/details/TheRupaBookOfShikarStoriesRuskinBond ''The Rupa Book Of Shikar Stories''] edited by Ruskin Bond 2004. Selections from many authors; the first account in the book  is dated  1929. Archive.org.
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/pigstickingorhog00baderich#page/n5/mode/2up ''Pigsticking or, Hoghunting: a complete account for sportsmen, and others''] by Captain R. S. S. Baden-Powell [of Scouting fame] Illustrated by the author. 1889 Archive.org
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/pigstickingorhog00baderich#page/n5/mode/2up ''Pigsticking or, Hoghunting: a complete account for sportsmen, and others''] by Captain R. S. S. Baden-Powell [of Scouting fame] Illustrated by the author. 1889 Archive.org

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Online accounts about hunting, which was usually called sport or shikar in India.

Also including online accounts about fishing.

Many accounts include detailed observations about animals and their habitats.

External links

Hunting accounts

Additions and corrections, pages 167-169, Volume 50, 1951, same author and publication. Archive.org.
"Indian Game", (from Quail to Tiger) by William Rice 1884 Archive.org
The Spear and the Rifle; or Recollections of Sport in India by an Old Shekarree [Henry Astbury Leveson] 1860 Google Books
The Forest and the Field by H. A. L. The "Old Shekarry" 1867. Archive.org. India and Africa
Wrinkles; or, Hints to sportsmen and travellers on dress, equipment, and camp life by The Old Shekarry [Henry Astbury Leveson], a New Edition 1874. Archive.org
Fifty years' reminiscences of India : a retrospect of travel, adventure and shikar by Colonel Pollock, [FitzWilliam Thomas Pollock] Madras Staff Corps 1896 seasiavisions.library.cornell.edu. Archive.org version The author arrived in Madras in early 1849, and was posted to a Native Infantry Regiment. In 1853 he was appointed to the Sappers and Miners in Burma.
The New Shikari at our Indian Stations by Julius Barras 1885 Archive.org Volume 1, Volume 2
  • Reminiscences Of Sport In India by Major General E F Burton, Madras Staff Corps 1885 Archive.org, Public Library of India Collection. Poor quality print, but generally readable. Lacks most illustrations.
An Indian Olio by Lieut.-General E F Burton catalogued 1893. Archive.org, K.K. Venugopal Collection. [1884] edition 2 illustrations are reversely titled, probably incorrectly. Archive.org. (Olio=Miscellany)
Powder, Spur, and Spear : a Sporting Medley by J. Moray Brown 1889. Archive.org.
Stray Sport, Volume I by J Moray Brown 1893. Archive.org. Lacks illustrations. Mainly India. Volume II does not include India.
A Summer in High Asia, being a record of sport and travel in Baltisan and Ladakh by Capt F E S Adair, late Rifle Brigade 1899 Archive.org. 2nd file, images may be marginally better.
Volume I only (although catalogued Vol. 2] 1911 edition, published in four volumes. Archive.org
The author was appointed as Assistant Conservator of Forests in 1866 at Hoshangabad, C P.
  • Forest Life and Sport in India by Sainthill Eardley-Wilmot, late Inspector-General of Forests to the Government of India. 1910 Archive.org. The author joined the Indian Forest Service in December 1873 at Lucknow.
The Life of an Elephant by S Eardley-Wilmot 1912 Archive.org
  • Life in an Indian Outpost [Buxa Duar, North East India] by Major Gordon Casserly, Indian Army, first published c 1910. Archive.org. Hunting was a major activity. He was also the author of two books of fiction set in the same area:
The Elephant God by Gordon Casserly 1921 Gutenberg.org.
The Jungle Girl by Gordon Casserly 1922 Archive.org
Stalks in the Himalaya: Jottings of a Sportsman-Naturalist by E P Stebbing 1912. With illustrations by the author and his wife. Archive.org, K.K. Venugopal Collection.
"The Strap-Hanger of the Ganges" by Captain J G Bennett RAMC, page 474 The Wild World Magazine Volume 42, April 1919. Hunting a gavial (fish-eating crocodile) near Delhi.
Part 1 1933;60:5 377-392. Part 2 1933;60:6 456-461. Part 3 1933;61:1 61-70. Part 4 1933;61:2 133-144. Part 5 1933;61:4 304-309. Part 6 1933;61:5 379-393. Part 7: not online. Part 8 1934;62:2 142-150. Part 9 1934;62:3 224-233. Part 10 1934;62:5 365-376. Part 11 1934;62:6 430-440. Part 12 1934;63:2 127-134. Part 13 1934;63:3 193-206.

Fishing accounts

Tank Angling in India author catalogued Henry Sullivan Thomas and catalogued 1887. Archive.org, Granth Sanjeevani Asiatic Society of Mumbai Collection. Note title page and pages of the Preface are missing. Also available to readers in North America etc, on HathiTrust Digital Library.
The Angler in India ; or, The Mighty Mahseer. Being the incorporated 3rd edition of The Angler in Northern India and The Mighty Mahseer by Skene Dhu , pseudonym for Cecil Lang 1923. With chapters on Burma and Ceylon. The University of British Colombia, Hawthorn Fly Fishing & Angling Collection
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Game Birds

Game, Shore, and Water Birds of India, with additional references to their allied species in other parts of the world by Colonel A Le Messurier, late Royal Engineers. 4th edition 1904 Archive.org

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