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... BEAT IT OFF " " I SIGHTED A BLACK - BUCK AT A DISTANCE " . 236 265 61 HAVING CLUTCHED THE PUNKAH ROPE WITH HIS TOE , HE GOES TO SLEEP 275 THE NAUTCH - THE IDEAL AND THE REAL 322 66 THE RABBIT HAS COME TO BE AN ALMOST UNMITIGATED CURSE ...
... BEAT IT OFF " " I SIGHTED A BLACK - BUCK AT A DISTANCE " . 236 265 61 HAVING CLUTCHED THE PUNKAH ROPE WITH HIS TOE , HE GOES TO SLEEP 275 THE NAUTCH - THE IDEAL AND THE REAL 322 66 THE RABBIT HAS COME TO BE AN ALMOST UNMITIGATED CURSE ...
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... in England . I have seen the hounds dead- beat and brought to a stand - still in actual sight of their jackal . And as the climate of Calcutta has not changed , I suppose the Calcutta hounds are 6 THIRTY YEARS OF SHIKAR .
... in England . I have seen the hounds dead- beat and brought to a stand - still in actual sight of their jackal . And as the climate of Calcutta has not changed , I suppose the Calcutta hounds are 6 THIRTY YEARS OF SHIKAR .
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... beats on either side of the Hooghly , between Calcutta and Diamond Harbour . A memorable club was this in its palmy days , and of some importance when I saw it in its decadence . It is celebrated by a large engraving from a picture by ...
... beats on either side of the Hooghly , between Calcutta and Diamond Harbour . A memorable club was this in its palmy days , and of some importance when I saw it in its decadence . It is celebrated by a large engraving from a picture by ...
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... and the ambitious attempt to outdo my first effort . Ambition on that occasion , as is not uncommon with it , got me into trouble . I attempted to beat up some dangerous ground in the middle of the swamp 30 THIRTY YEARS OF SHIKAR .
... and the ambitious attempt to outdo my first effort . Ambition on that occasion , as is not uncommon with it , got me into trouble . I attempted to beat up some dangerous ground in the middle of the swamp 30 THIRTY YEARS OF SHIKAR .
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... beating pigs out of the long grass on the left bank of the Bhagiruti , and a boar getting up at this man's feet , or from under his feet , he jumped upon it . Why he did so it is impossible to say : it furthered no object of anybody's ...
... beating pigs out of the long grass on the left bank of the Bhagiruti , and a boar getting up at this man's feet , or from under his feet , he jumped upon it . Why he did so it is impossible to say : it furthered no object of anybody's ...
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