Sport in Eastern Persia

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1 6 By Mountain, Lake, and Plain ment. The Christmas dinner slowly rose in the agitated manner usually affected by bustards. But he had made the mistake of his life, and was added to the slain. These bustards, 1 of which we never shot more than five or six in the season, fall very short in some of the most prized attributes of "birds." They cannot jump up and perform lightning zigzags, be driven rocketing over trees, or, in fact, offer any sort of sporting mark ; but after they have been hung and carefully roasted, and served with bread sauce and crumbs, all such deficiencies are for- gotten and forgiven. In the course of a day's shooting in these parts, a mysterious dark object is sometimes seen gliding ghost-like about the bushes. Coming closer, one finds a native shikari armed with his murderous appliances. He will want, no doubt, to sell you his day's bag, and so spare you further trouble and cartridges. His killing apparatus consists of a folding screen of dark cloth, in the middle of which is a hole for the gun. When the shikari sees partridges, he puts up the screen and sidles along. The silly birds, intent on the strange object, collect in a bunch, and the gunner " browns " them on the ground. As to the explanation of the bird's behaviour, it may be 1 The Houbara.
Partridge-shooting our ivay. The SetsIan way.
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Page 13 and 14: PEEFACE. So many books have recentl
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Page 57 and 58: The Hunting of Rahmat 23 the range
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Page 71 and 72: The Hunting of Rahmat 3 1 dwellers.
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Ibex 53 patriarchal beasts grown cu
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Ibex 5 5 original skull rock, where
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Ibex 57 seen, we continued along th
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Ibrahim and the big ibex. Shikari a
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62 V. Wildfowl in Seistan. " By obs
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Wildfowl in Seistan 67 After emergi
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A net for wildfowl. The procession
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Wildfowl in Seistan 7 1 on the wate
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Wildfowl in Seistan 73 not, however
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Wildfowl in Seistan 75 teal," of wh
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Wildfowl in Seistan 79 said, " a ra
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Wildfowl in Seistan 8 1 burnt shoul
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The beaters.
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Ahu- Gardani i o i an assistant mov
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Ahu-Gardam 103 Persian figure, a "m
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Ahu-Gardani 105 time I have seen a
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Ahu-Gardani 107 thick night at sea
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minor pipe. Ahu-Gardani 109 We rare
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Ahn- Cardan i. A successful day.
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Ahu- Gardani 1 2 1 animals and bird
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A hu- Gardani 1 2 3 think I can hea
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Ahu-Gardani 125 lost their fear, de
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Gazelles of East Persia. (Top eight
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Wild Sheep in Seistan 133 of Persia
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Wild Sheep in Seistan 135 evidently
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through a country Wild Sheep in Sei
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Village in Eastern Persia. The Takh
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By the Way 145 lay and looked over
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camp. Looking after grazing By the
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Roadside scene in Persia. (Building
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By the Way 159 of dignity. 1 The "
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XI. Wild Sheep in Khorassan. " In t
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Wild Sheep in Khorassan 163 carriag
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7 he Khiabaii, Meshed. A Meshed gat
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Wild Sheep in Khorassan 167 moving
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Wild Sheep in Khorassan 1 69 junipe
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Wild Sheep in Khorassan 171 of gree
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Wild Sheep in Khorassan 1 73 ing ri
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Wild Sheep in Khorassan 1 75 lie st
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The Bujnurd Sheep 177 Persians like
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Kurdish encampment. Palace of Jlkha
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The Bujnurd Sheep 1 8 1 certainly a
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The Bujnurd Sheep 183 " Whose dog i
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2O9 XIV. The Maral Stag. ' Hidden i
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Royal, shot by Captain Dankes. The
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The Maral Stag 2 3 1 the noise made
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The Maral Stag 235 since it was my
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The joint bag. Kurd shikaris.
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A Hyrcan Tiger 251 blood spoor, it
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Reed-beds in Gurgan valley. Turkoma
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On the Road to the Caspian 255 the
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On the Road to the Caspian 257 brac
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On the steppe. Carpet dealing.
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On the Road to the Caspian 265 here
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A Catalogue of Messrs William Black
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General Literature. CALLWELL, COL.
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