- Hardcover: 488 pages
- Publisher: OUP India (21 Dec 2000)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0195648927
- ISBN-13: 978-0195648928
- Product Dimensions: 21.8 x 14.4 x 3.4 cm
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- #65 in Books > Science & Nature > Nature > Wild Animals > By Region > Asia
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This anthology contains major and rare pieces on the life and habits of the elephant in various parts of south Asia and makes for informed and interesting reading
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The Great Indian Elephant Book
15 Dec 2001
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This anthology is broad in its treatment of the Indian Elephant as a game animal, during the colonial era. The first section is largely on the early observations made by hunters about the Elephant, its behavior and habitat.
If you like stories about hunting, the next section is the best. It begins with " Shikar as a Part of Life "by J.G. Elliott, an excellent account of the sporting life pursued by the British in India. Three stories on marauding rogue elephants stand out - " The Mad Elephant of Mandla", " Charged by a Rogue Elephant" & "Peer Bux, the Terror of Hunsur". They convey the terror and havoc that rogue elephants cause. They make exciting reading and are reminiscent of the tales by Jim Corbett.
The rest of the accounts in this book, that include pieces from Sri Lanka and Burma, almost seem indistinguishable from one another, a cavalcade of hunters pursuing their elephants. In fact some of it is revolting, hunters shooting indiscriminately at herds of elephants, wounding their quarries ant not following them up etc.
In fact my one criticism of the book, is that in his attempt to capture a broad range of stories, the editor has included quite a lot of mediocre writing.
This book also gives you an interesting look in at the lives led by the British Sportsmen in India. One cannot but be amazed at the abundance of wild animals, during this period, in South East Asia, and yet be saddened by their plight today.
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