The Commonwealth Forestry Review, Volumes 5 à 6Commonwealth Forestry Association, 1926 |
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Page 37 - If he hunts in the open grounds, he shoots from the back of an elephant. Of the women, some are in chariots, some on horses, and some even on elephants, and they are equipped with weapons of every kind, as if they were going on a campaign.
Page 18 - I never felt hitting the ground at all, and the next thing I knew was that I was running through grass and over fallen trees, wondering when the tiger would jump on me." ' She arrived at my tree almost simultaneously with the mahout, Bisharat Ali, who had rushed up his elephant regardless of wounded tigers or anything else, and she hastily mounted and cleared off into safety, unhurt except for a sprained wrist, and various scratches and bruises from the fall. One of the stops was calling out that...
Page 261 - Strength tests conducted by the Forest Products Laboratory, of the United States Forest Service, at Madison, Wis...
Page 18 - It was a nice male 9 feet 3 inches in length, with three bullets in it, one between heart and spine, one cutting the bottom of the chest, and one in the heart. It will be a long time before we try and get another ! This is a plain unvarnished account of an incident which must, I think, be unique in the annals of tiger shooting. At least I have never heard of a lady being hurled out of a high machan by a climbing tiger, and her husband killing it up in the air with his last cartridge.
Page 201 - Institute will comprise (i) postgraduate training of probationers for the forest services and of other qualified persons, (2) training of research officers in special subjects, and (3) provision of courses for selected officers already serving. It is intended that the Institute should maintain close touch with and be of assistance to the various forestry training centres throughout the Empire.
Page 136 - ... loads of timber in the whole forest fit for building, and none coming forward. It is useless, I admit, to state the causes of such a want of timber where so much could be produced, except that, by knowing the faults, we may be better able to amend ourselves. First, the generality of trees for these last fifty years have been allowed to stand too long ; they are passed by instead of removed, and thus occupy a space which ought to have been replanted with young trees. Secondly, that where good...
Page 316 - The forests of tinmain watershed areas of Suomi (Finland). Results of the general survey of the forests of the country carried out during the years 1921 — 1924.
Page 17 - I did not know at the time he was dead : nor of course did my wife. All I knew was that my wife had disappeared from the machan on one side of the tree and the tiger on the other, that I had no cartridges left ; and that I was helpless for the moment to give any further assistance. Whether my predicament was as bad as my wife's can be judged from her view of the incident. I quote her words : " When I fired again, he turned round and saw me, and immediately dashed roaring towards my tree. I thought...