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Hunting accounts
*[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.
*[https://archive.org/details/cavalry-journal-1934-vol24/page/77/mode/2up "A Panther Shoot with “Ranji” in Kathiawar"] by Colonel F A Hamilton, Late 3rd Cavalry page 78 ''The Cavalry Journal'' Volume 24 1934 Archive.org
:[https://archive.org/details/cavalry-journal-1936-vol26/page/431/mode/2up "Thamin"] [Brow-antler deer] by Colonel F A Hamilton, late 3rd Cavalry IA. Page 431-441 ''The Cavalry Journal'' Volume 26 1936. Archive.org. A shooting expedition south of Mandalay, Burma.
*[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/tigerhunters029908mbp ''The Tiger Hunters''] by Brigadier-General R G Burton 1936 Archive.org
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