Provo Daily Enquirer | 1892-06-16 | Page 4 | Black Buck Hunting in India

black duck in india tho black buck of india is a very graceful animal weighing ty anil fifty pounds the hide of the male when full grown ia of inky black leeps lieps on the back while the belly ia as white aa enow contrast being very striking the horns are black and spi lal in shape and in length average about eighteen inches although they have been known to reach twenty pis inches tho animals are usually found in herds and are difficult to approach on foot as tha bucks toss their heads into the air from time to time in a very graceful manner and some one of them ia almost eure to detect any attempt ut stalking they are at times hunted on horseback but the usual method in many sections is to use a conveyance aery much like the back of a horse only and made of wood this baon wheels is drawn by bullocks and is called a jungle cart it ia very close to the ground and from both eides project flat pieces of wood which the feet rest the inside ia hollow and holds ammunition and luncheon it is believed that they take the queer little wooden arrangement on wheels for a plow and consequently are not much alarmed as it draws nearer them in ever decreasing circles the bullocks move at the word of command and are accompanied by a shi karee or native hunter alio bucks never seem to fear the inhabitants doubtless having learned they are without guns and therefore not to be dreaded clarence 1 amoore in st nicha