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


Hunting was usually called '''Sport''' or '''Shikar''' in India
Also including online accounts about '''fishing'''.


==External links==
==External links==
===Hunting accounts===
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=gAZCAAAAYAAJ&pg=PR1 ''Oriental Field Sports Volume 1''] by Captain Thomas Williamson 1807  With coloured illustrations.  [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=1BlcAAAAcAAJ&pg=PP9  ''Oriental Field Sports Volume 2''] with illustrations 1808 Google Books.
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=gAZCAAAAYAAJ&pg=PR1 ''Oriental Field Sports Volume 1''] by Captain Thomas Williamson 1807  With coloured illustrations.  [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=1BlcAAAAcAAJ&pg=PP9  ''Oriental Field Sports Volume 2''] with illustrations 1808 Google Books.
**[https://archive.org/details/illustrationsofi00willrich ''Illustrations of Indian Field Sports selected and reproduced from the coloured engravings first published in 1807 after designs by Captain Thomas Williamson of the Bengal Army''] 1892 Archive.org (Contains 10 plates)
**[https://archive.org/details/illustrationsofi00willrich ''Illustrations of Indian Field Sports selected and reproduced from the coloured engravings first published in 1807 after designs by Captain Thomas Williamson of the Bengal Army''] 1892 Archive.org (Contains 10 plates)
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*''The Highlands of Central India : notes on their forests and wild tribes, natural history, and sports'' by Captain J Forsyth,  Bengal Staff Corps. First published 1871, when the author was formerly Assistant Conservator of Forests, Central India. [https://archive.org/details/highlandsofcent00fors 1871 edition], [https://archive.org/details/highlandsofcentr00fors 1889 edition], [https://archive.org/details/cu31924024080446 1919 edition] Archive.org
*''The Highlands of Central India : notes on their forests and wild tribes, natural history, and sports'' by Captain J Forsyth,  Bengal Staff Corps. First published 1871, when the author was formerly Assistant Conservator of Forests, Central India. [https://archive.org/details/highlandsofcent00fors 1871 edition], [https://archive.org/details/highlandsofcentr00fors 1889 edition], [https://archive.org/details/cu31924024080446 1919 edition] Archive.org
*[http://www.archive.org/details/wildmenwildbeast00gordrich ''Wild Men and Wild Beasts:  Scenes in Camp and Jungle''] by William Gordon-Cumming, 1872 Archive.org
*[http://www.archive.org/details/wildmenwildbeast00gordrich ''Wild Men and Wild Beasts:  Scenes in Camp and Jungle''] by William Gordon-Cumming, 1872 Archive.org
*''The Rod in India : being hints how to obtain sport, with remarks on the natural history of fish and their culture, and illustrations of fish and tackle'' by Henry Sullivan Thomas, Madras Civil Service, Archive.org. [https://archive.org/details/cu31924003445230 1873 edition], [https://archive.org/details/inindiabeingh00thomrodrich Revised 2nd edition 1881] , [https://archive.org/details/rodinindiabeingh00thomrich Revised 3rd edition 1897] This author also wrote ''Tank Angling in India'' 1887, available to readers in North America etc, on the [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/100538354 Hathi Trust Digital Library].
*[https://archive.org/details/largesmallgameof00bald ''The Large and Small Game of Bengal and the Northwestern Provinces of India''] by Captain J H Baldwin, late of H P Bengal Staff Corps 1876 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/largesmallgameof00bald ''The Large and Small Game of Bengal and the Northwestern Provinces of India''] by Captain J H Baldwin, late of H P Bengal Staff Corps 1876 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/narrativeoftrave00bradrich ''A Narrative of Travel and Sport in Burmah, Siam and the Malay Peninsula''] by John Bradley 1876 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/narrativeoftrave00bradrich ''A Narrative of Travel and Sport in Burmah, Siam and the Malay Peninsula''] by John Bradley 1876 Archive.org
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*[https://archive.org/details/highlandsindia00newagoog ''The Highlands of India Volume II,  being a Chronicle of Field Sports and Travel in India''] by Major General D J F Newall R A (Bengal Retired) 1887 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/highlandsindia00newagoog ''The Highlands of India Volume II,  being a Chronicle of Field Sports and Travel in India''] by Major General D J F Newall R A (Bengal Retired) 1887 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/tigershootingind00fiferich ''Tiger-shooting in the Doon and Ulwar: with Life in India''] by Lt.-Colonel J C Fife-Cookson 1887 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/tigershootingind00fiferich ''Tiger-shooting in the Doon and Ulwar: with Life in India''] by Lt.-Colonel J C Fife-Cookson 1887 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/northpunjabfish00clubgoog ''North Punjab Fishing Club Anglers' Handbook''] by G H Lacey, Bengal Staff Corps 1888 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/scottishmoorsind00newarich ''Scottish Moors and Indian Jungles: Scenes of Sport in the Lews and India''] by Captain J T Newall, late Indian Staff Corps 1889 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/scottishmoorsind00newarich ''Scottish Moors and Indian Jungles: Scenes of Sport in the Lews and India''] by Captain J T Newall, late Indian Staff Corps 1889 Archive.org
*''Hindu-Koh: wanderings and wild sport on and beyond the Himalayas'' by Major General Donald Macintyre, VC, late Prince of Wales Own  Goorkhas [https://archive.org/details/hindukohwanderin00macirich 1889 edition], [https://archive.org/details/hindukohwanderin00maciuoft 1891 edition] Archive.org
*''Hindu-Koh: wanderings and wild sport on and beyond the Himalayas'' by Major General Donald Macintyre, VC, late Prince of Wales Own  Goorkhas [https://archive.org/details/hindukohwanderin00macirich 1889 edition], [https://archive.org/details/hindukohwanderin00maciuoft 1891 edition] Archive.org
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*[http://www.archive.org/stream/modernpigstickin00wardrich#page/n9/mode/2up ''Modern pig-sticking''] by A. E. Wardrop, Royal Horse Artillery, with chapters by J. Vaughan, F. W. Caton Jones, M. M. Crawford, and H. E. Medlicott 1914 Archive.org
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/modernpigstickin00wardrich#page/n9/mode/2up ''Modern pig-sticking''] by A. E. Wardrop, Royal Horse Artillery, with chapters by J. Vaughan, F. W. Caton Jones, M. M. Crawford, and H. E. Medlicott 1914 Archive.org
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=wVHRpOaH8C4C&pg=PT45 The Kadir <nowiki>[</nowiki>Cup<nowiki>]</nowiki>] Sketches from ''My Sketch Book in the Shiny'' by Snaffles (Charlie Johnson Payne) 1930 Google Books
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=wVHRpOaH8C4C&pg=PT45 The Kadir <nowiki>[</nowiki>Cup<nowiki>]</nowiki>] Sketches from ''My Sketch Book in the Shiny'' by Snaffles (Charlie Johnson Payne) 1930 Google Books
===Fishing accounts===
*''The Rod in India : being hints how to obtain sport, with remarks on the natural history of fish and their culture, and illustrations of fish and tackle'' by Henry Sullivan Thomas, Madras Civil Service, Archive.org. [https://archive.org/details/cu31924003445230 1873 edition], [https://archive.org/details/inindiabeingh00thomrodrich Revised 2nd edition 1881] , [https://archive.org/details/rodinindiabeingh00thomrich Revised 3rd edition 1897] This author also wrote ''Tank Angling in India'' 1887, available to readers in North America etc, on the [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/100538354 HathiTrust Digital Library].
*[https://archive.org/details/northpunjabfish00clubgoog ''North Punjab Fishing Club Anglers' Handbook''] by G H Lacey, Bengal Staff Corps 1888 Archive.org
*[https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/hawthorn/items/1.0366151#p0z-6r0f:  ''The Mighty Mahseer and other Fish : or Hints to Beginners on Indian Fishing''] by Skene Dhu , pseudonym for Cecil Lang, 2nd edition 1906. The University of British Colombia, Hawthorn Fly Fishing & Angling Collection
:[https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/hawthorn/items/1.0365740#p7z-5r0f:  ''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
:Note, these files may be slow to open and you may need to change browsers, (e.g. to Chrome) as problems were at times noted with Safari.
===Game Birds===
===Game Birds===
*''The Game Birds of India, Burmah, and Ceylon'' by Hume and Marshall 1879. With coloured plates. Archive.org.[https://archive.org/details/gamebirdsofindia01hume Volume I], [https://archive.org/details/gamebirdsofindia02hume Volume II]. [https://archive.org/details/gamebirdsofindia03hume Volume  III]
*''The Game Birds of India, Burmah, and Ceylon'' by Hume and Marshall 1879. With coloured plates. Archive.org.[https://archive.org/details/gamebirdsofindia01hume Volume I], [https://archive.org/details/gamebirdsofindia02hume Volume II]. [https://archive.org/details/gamebirdsofindia03hume Volume  III]
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*[https://archive.org/details/cu31924016412631 ''The Game Birds of India and Asia''] by Frank Finn, late Deputy Superintendent Indian Museum. 1911 Archive.org.
*[https://archive.org/details/cu31924016412631 ''The Game Birds of India and Asia''] by Frank Finn, late Deputy Superintendent Indian Museum. 1911 Archive.org.
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.501244  ''The Ducks Of India: Their Habits, Breeding Grounds And Migrations; Together With Other Useful Information for the Sportsman and Observer''] by R G Wright and Douglas Dewar 1925 Archive.org, Digital Library of India Collection. Poor quality images, lacking the original coloured plates.
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.501244  ''The Ducks Of India: Their Habits, Breeding Grounds And Migrations; Together With Other Useful Information for the Sportsman and Observer''] by R G Wright and Douglas Dewar 1925 Archive.org, Digital Library of India Collection. Poor quality images, lacking the original coloured plates.
==References==
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Online accounts about hunting, which was usually called sport or shikar in India.

Also including online accounts about fishing.

External links

Hunting accounts

"Indian Game", (from Quail to Tiger) by William Rice 1884 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.
  • India and Tiger-Hunting by Colonel Julius Barras Archive.org Volume I 1883; Series II 1885
The New Shikari at our Indian Stations by Julius Barras 1885 Archive.org Volume 1, Volume 2
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.
  • Sport and Travel in the Far East by J C Grew 1910 Archive.org. The travel occurred in 1902-1903. Joseph Grew Wikipedia. He became an American diplomat, and from 1932-1941 was Ambassador to Japan.
  • 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
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

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
Note, these files may be slow to open and you may need to change browsers, (e.g. to Chrome) as problems were at times noted with Safari.

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

References