Book Review

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Cont'd

The Tiger
-Nothing really new to add, the usual info on different hunts, Tiger size and measurements. 
-Says the former Governor of New Mexico, "Tom Bolack "Bagged a large male in Bastar in 1965 which measured 10'7'' and is probably a new record"
-Seldom stands higher than 4' at the shoulder and it's weight runs from 400-600lbs

WaterBuffalo
-"it approaches the mighty gaur in size, standing as high as six feet at the shoulder, and sometimes weighing more than a ton. "
-"Unlike the bison, however, it never ascends the mountains, but keeps to the swamplands of the low elevations, and the open grassloands "
-"The record horn, measured around the outside curve is 70 2/5'' from the base to the tip. This adds up to 14' if the horns are measured from tip to tip across the forehead of the skull."
-"They are extremely dangerous, shor-tempered, unpredictable, and fully capable of mounting a determined charge without provocation"
 "The Water Buffalo is vicious, with a cunning that borders on the diabolical."

Gaur
-"The Gaur is the tallest animal of the Bovine family, standing over 6' at the shoulder and weighing, frequently, more than a ton."
-It doesn't exist cold countries 
-Prefer hilly places
-It cannot be domesticated like the Water buffalo
-Gaurs are shy, prefer to escape rather than charge

Sloth Bear
-"about the size of our Himalayan black bear, standing as high as 3' at the shoulder in extremely large specimens, and weighing upwards of 500lbs"
-"Short tempered and unreliable, and may attack without discernible provocation."
-"Forest people are more afraid of the Sloth Bear than they are Tigers and Leopards, which, with the exception of the occasional man-eater, follow a strict policy of live and let live insofar as humans are concerned."
-When they attack people, they are likely to go for the face and head.

A few scans of hunts so far in the book

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