New-York tribune., 1905-11-09
rocf and Fiction from Indian
Jungles.

sp goMaANe 5iT,seB H. TBE aNpAS v JgS aS
GI.b r. Glasfurd With fifty-four illus
Is1a;oas Is. froT1 plsotographs and drawings by the
trhse- Svo pp xiii s1i- John Lane: The Bod
sy Head
r,..-,,e a period of ever thirteen years spent
c44cer in the Indian army, Captain Glas-
- an enthusiastic sportsman of the right
T. =. begujled his leisure by writing accounts
~ -ors notable hunts. composing imaginary
O = -, biographies" of different types of
-, game. and some good short stories, aVow-
"a. sction vet founded on actual experiences
:. -. ssu9le These or possibly only a selection
- tba-n he has now gathered together III
- .oru7. and the contents afford as varied
,s.srsrx feast as could well be contrlVeo on
- oe~ersi tonic. The author is neither be-
80 In nor d practiser OF hunting en- sIaHoe
~. He did not engage squadron of ele-
-. -,l,en he set out in pursuit of the tlseF'
i' al, with a company of hloodthirsty game
q - 70 see which one of them could get
'' s.rost bag of frightened animals driven up
iA ;as r,uzzIes by a horde of 'beaters-
". - ,-4 of snort is as expensive as It is oe-
- ,.i,g Cantain Glasfurd sought has hunt-
-. -,crsation alone or with a single companion
.a ..,ha peaceful haunts Of game wheref
a-.,,sering uuaided, save by a few fus'S ioi
-. he possessed 'the advantage OF pelns
1o"e- -. .+a ahfts and daily life OF the
aee The iungle in q way which is denied
:. +hose employing more pretenuous methoos
II 80 wears he was stationed at smau
.o-- abandoned cantonment OF the Hyoefa-
"a contingent among the hills. WHICH aieu
= bic volume as "Junglypur" large poi
-stis adventures among big game centred apou'
.s;s remote spot. and one purpose OF tiie '0on :
~. - that good sport of a highly exciting
In ci10ilz
= T,afa DESPITE the inroads on the native
- - +bst have been made by pot hunters
IT, .,,,ters dealers in alleged trophies ana
90 n.o,. hunters. keen student of wild me-
,,,,st he 10 become successful stalker
:, came his animal autobiographies are Wen
~sss-icted within the limits Of observed 1acls'
..aba is careful not to attribute to dumb beasts
..ntiments and reasoning powers that are es-
~,,+,srv human If occasionally he does ooVl-
onslv exceed the limits of animal intelhgeilce
-a.ber to .,oint a moral than 10 adorn his
~. ae when he makes a buck antelope con-
.lr5e his recoIections'' in these words;
,.Yfau NAV il be fairly, Stalk me fairly Sahio!
Don con- ros e7 me- nv the tank in hot weather. And
!on a @ head ever grace your walls do not forget
s I1anv davs of quiet sport have afforded yen
~ o.e NJ vide rich plains the glamour OF which win
.n-eIy return you. even AMIDST the @ iils
soTes I5s'Ts d brethren. sahib If YOU must kill for
go take > few of my yed-dOes; can spare theIl
-sse bow think you the country can Idise oANnH
Ike me7
Thus he touches sport and Wild life on all
sides and always delightfully."-, showing hlmseif
n he q man-naturalist-writer of the same
tvpe as Theodore Roosevelt. Caspar Whitney
and c. G. Schilngs. Speaking further, IN MS
own person he states that antelope shooting, to
give the most pleasing results, should be con-
Quoted with a complete disregard for the size OF
the bag and with an absence of all hurry. Ex-
cent where they have been harassed by ma
tive hunters. Il is easy enough to Kill the an
telope on the plains by walking boldly toward
or by the buck edging in quietly and only tax
ing shot in the standing position, when within
easy range. The antelope is SO accustomed to
the presence of people working IN the fields or
passing from village to village that ''the adop-
ton Of q confidently casual manner while show
ing ones self openly TO their watchful gaze was
judges the harmfulness Of an object by the ap-
parent quality Of its guile Stalking them, on
the other hand as Captain Glasfurd did, they
were quick to take alarm, and proved TO be very
keen OF scent.
It was in big game hunting, however, in pur-
suit Of tigers. leopards and bears, that the
most entertaining OF the authors adventures
were had and some Of them were as surprising
ss they were exciting. One Of his most lively
and nearly fatal encounters was with a she sloth
bear which charged him narrow ledge.
Bsngi goes my rife into and touching the brute s