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*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=iwkFAAAAYAAJ&pg=PR3 ''The Wild Sports of India; with remarks on the breeding and rearing of horses, and the formation of light irregular cavalry''] by Captain Henry Shakespear, Commandant Nagpore Irregular Force. 1860 Google Books
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=V2AoAAAAYAAJ&pg=PR3 ''The rifle in Cashmere : a narrative of shooting expeditions in Ladak, Cashmere, Punjaub, etc., with advice on travelling, shooting, and stalking : to which are added notes on army reform and Indian politics''] by Arthur Brinckman, late of HM’s 94th Regt. 1862 Google Books
*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=0lMBAAAAQAAJ&pg=PP7 ''The Diary of a Hunter from the Punjab to the Karakorum Mountains''] by [A.H. Irby]. 1863 Google Books. Kashmir and adjacent countries, principally Ladak.
*[https://archive.org/details/sirvictorbrookes00broorich ''Sir Victor Brooke, sportsman & naturalist: a memoir of his life and extracts from his letters and journals''] edited by Oscar Leslie Stephen 1894. Archive.org. Includes two chapters on India, including tigers, 1862-63 when Brooke was aged 19, from [https://archive.org/stream/sirvictorbrookes00broorich#page/58/mode/2up page 59]
*[https://archive.org/details/RecordssportSou00Hami ''Records of sport in Southern India : chiefly on the Annamullay, Nielgherry and Pulney mountains, also including notes on Singapore, Java and Labuan, from journals written between 1844 and 1870''] by the late General Douglas Hamilton, Madras Army 1892. Archive.org. With many illustrations by the author.
*[http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/211390 ''Shikar Memories''] by Henry Stotesbury Wood. 1934. Full title: ''Shikar Memories. A record of sport and observation in India and Burma''. Pdf download, Digital Library of India
*[https://archive.org/details/tigerhunters029908mbp ''The Tiger Hunters''] by Brigadier-General R G Burton 1936 Archive.org
*[http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/209125 ''Jungle Trails in Northern India: Reminiscences of Hunting in India''] by John Hewett. With 24 plates and a map 1938. Pdf download, Digital Library of India. Sir John was Governor of United Provinces with many royal friends. Hunting largely between 1907 and 1912, including tiger hunting in the jungles of Tarai, Cooch Behar, the Central Provinces, and up north in Kumaon and Garhwal.
*[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.
*[http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/242993 ''Have You Shot An Indian Tiger?''] by R D Mackay c 1968 Pdf download, Digital Library of India
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