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Both in Magampattu and in the two western pattus snipe were plentiful in the wet
season , and on the lewayas and irrigation tanks there was good teal shooting .
Before I came to the District I had done very little shooting , but I soon began to do
...
Both in Magampattu and in the two western pattus snipe were plentiful in the wet
season , and on the lewayas and irrigation tanks there was good teal shooting .
Before I came to the District I had done very little shooting , but I soon began to do
...
Page 201
of the world downwards , shooting and hunting at first fascinated me . The
excitement is tremendous , whether you are stalking a deer in the jungle ,
shooting snipe in a paddy field , or waiting in the evening on a tank for the sound
of the ...
of the world downwards , shooting and hunting at first fascinated me . The
excitement is tremendous , whether you are stalking a deer in the jungle ,
shooting snipe in a paddy field , or waiting in the evening on a tank for the sound
of the ...
Page 217
As time went on and my experience of the jungle , shooting , and shooters
increased , I became more and more ... Engelbrecht reported to me once that two
planters , to whom I had issued licences to shoot deer , had shot deer in the river
bed ...
As time went on and my experience of the jungle , shooting , and shooters
increased , I became more and more ... Engelbrecht reported to me once that two
planters , to whom I had issued licences to shoot deer , had shot deer in the river
bed ...
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