Article Title |
Black Buck Hunting in India |
Type |
article |
Date |
1892-06-13 |
Paper |
Provo Daily Enquirer |
Language |
eng |
City |
Provo |
County |
Utah |
Page |
1 |
Creator |
Moore, Clarence B. (Clarenece Bloomfield), 1852-1936 |
Contributors |
St. Nicholas (New York, N.Y.) |
OCR Text |
Show black hufe in lodl the black buck of india is a very graceful animal weighing between thir 1 ty and fifty pounds the hide of the male when full grown is of inky black liess on the back while the belly is as white as snow tha contrast being very trilling the horns are blick and spi ial iq chape and in length average about eighteen inches although they bare been known to reach twenty pix inches the animals are usually found in herds and are difficult to approach on foot as the bucks toss their heads into the air from time to time in a very graceful manner and some one of them is almost sure to detect any attempt at stalking they are at times bunted on horseback but the usual method in many sections is to usa a conveyance very much like the back of a horse only and made of wood this is on wheels is drawn by bal locks and is called a jungle cart iiii very close to the ground and from both rides project flat pieces of wood upon which the feet rest the inside is hollow and holds ammunition and luncheon it ia believed that they take the queer little wooden arrangement on wheels for a plow and consequently are not amed as it draws nearer them in ever decreasing circles tho bullocks move at the word of command and are accompanied by a ehi karee or native hunter the bucks never seem to fear the inhabitants doubtless having learned they are without guns and therefore not to be dreaded clarence B moore in st nicholas |
Reference URL |
https://newspapers.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6n88dx8/1458177 |