Drawings by Douglas Hamilton - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

There are at least two hundred and twelve detailed drawings by Douglas Hamilton of South India

South India

South India is the area encompassing India's states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu as well as the union territories of Lakshadweep and Pondicherry, occupying 19.31% of India's area...

n landscapes

Landscape art

Landscape art is a term that covers the depiction of natural scenery such as mountains, valleys, trees, rivers, and forests, and especially art where the main subject is a wide view, with its elements arranged into a coherent composition. In other works landscape backgrounds for figures can still...

, game animals

Game (food)

Game is any animal hunted for food or not normally domesticated. Game animals are also hunted for sport.The type and range of animals hunted for food varies in different parts of the world. This will be influenced by climate, animal diversity, local taste and locally accepted view about what can or...

and forestry operations

Forest management

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. Eighty seven of Hamilton's careful drawing

Drawing

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s of the Annaimalai Hills, Palani Hills and Shevaroy Hills

Shevaroy Hills

Shevaroys is the anglicised name for the Servarayan which lie near the town of Salem in Tamil Nadu, India. It is a detached hill range, covering an area of 50 sq. m., with plateaus from 4000 to 5000 ft. above sea-level. They include the sanatorium and several old coffee plantations...

are in the British Library

British Library

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, ninety six drawings were published in his autobiography, Records of Sport in Southern India... and an additional thirty one were published in Forests and Gardens of South India.

Lieutenant-Colonel Douglas Hamilton

Douglas Hamilton

General Douglas Hamilton was a British Indian Army officer, gazetted to the 21st Regiment of the Madras Native Infantry from 1837 to 1871. He was a well known surveyor of the early British hill stations in South India and a famous sportsman, shikari, big-game hunter and trophy collector. He was an...

(1818 – 1892) was a British

United Kingdom

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Indian Army

Presidency armies

The presidency armies were the armies of the three presidencies of the East India Company's rule in India, later the forces of the British Crown in India...

officer, gazetted to the 21st Regiment of the Madras Native Infantry

Madras Army

The Madras Army was the army of the Presidency of Madras, one of the three presidencies of the British India within the British Empire.The presidency armies, like the presidencies themselves, belonged to the East India Company until the Government of India Act 1858 transferred all three...

from 1837 to 1871. Hamilton was a well known forester

Forester

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, surveyor

Medical intelligence

Medical Intelligence is defined by the Department of Defense as:That category of intelligence resulting from collection, evaluation, analysis, and interpretation of foreign medical, bio-scientific, and environmental information that is of interest to strategic planning and to military medical...

and illustrator

Illustrator

An Illustrator is a narrative artist who specializes in enhancing writing by providing a visual representation that corresponds to the content of the associated text...

of the early British hill station

Hill station

A hill station is a town located at a higher elevation than the nearby plain or valley. The term was used mostly in colonial Asia , but also in Africa , for towns founded by European colonial rulers as refuges from the summer heat, up where temperatures are cooler...

s in South India and a famous sportsman, shikari, big-game hunter and trophy collector. He was an acute observer of nature

Nature

Nature, in the broadest sense, is equivalent to the natural world, physical world, or material world. "Nature" refers to the phenomena of the physical world, and also to life in general...

and a gentleman.

Though executed only in pen and ink or pencil, these drawings have artistic merit

Artistic merit

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due to the artists skillful use of hatching

Hatching

Hatching is an artistic technique used to create tonal or shading effects by drawing closely spaced parallel lines...

and stippling

Stippling

Stippling is the creation of a pattern simulating varying degrees of solidity or shading by using small dots. Such a pattern may occur in nature and these effects are frequently emulated by artists.-Art:...

to achieve realistic

Realism (arts)

Realism in the visual arts and literature refers to the general attempt to depict subjects "in accordance with secular, empirical rules", as they are considered to exist in third person objective reality, without embellishment or interpretation...

texture

Texture (visual arts)

In the visual arts, texture is the perceived surface quality of a work of art. It is an element of two-dimensional and three-dimensional design and is distinguished by its perceived visual and physical properties...

, shading and perspective

Perspective (graphical)

Perspective in the graphic arts, such as drawing, is an approximate representation, on a flat surface , of an image as it is seen by the eye...

. Hamilton's illustration of subjects and backgrounds that are unfamiliar to most people, creates initial interest in his drawings. His effective portrayal of actual or implied recent or future dramatic action heightens the viewers interest in his subjects. Hamilton selected his sketches that best illustrate scenes in his writing. This implies there were also additional drawings, however their existence is now unknown.

Government drawings

In 1862 Colonel Hamilton was relieved of routine regimental Army duties and given a roving commission

Roving commission

A roving commission details the duties of a commissioned officer or other official whose responsibilities are neither geographically nor functionally limited....

by Sir Charles Trevelyan

Sir Charles Trevelyan, 1st Baronet

Sir Charles Edward Trevelyan, 1st Baronet, KCB was a British civil servant and colonial administrator. As a young man, he worked with the colonial government in Calcutta, India; in the late 1850s and 1860s he served there in senior-level appointments...

, the Finance Minister of India and former Governor of Madras Presidency

Madras Presidency

The Madras Presidency , officially the Presidency of Fort St. George and also known as Madras Province, was an administrative subdivision of British India...

, to conduct surveys and make drawings for the Government of all the hill plateaus in Southern India that might suit as Sanitaria, or quarters for European troops. Thereafter, Douglas Hamilton was on "special duty" with the 44th Regiment, Madras Native Infantry.

A series of five albums of careful drawings of the Annaimalai Hills, Palani Hills and Shevaroy Hills

Shevaroy Hills

was the result of this commission. While at work on this commission he had great opportunities to follow his favorite pursuit of big game hunting

Big game hunting

Big game hunting is the hunting of large game. The term is historically associated with the hunting of Africa's Big Five game , and with tigers and rhinos on the Indian subcontinent. In North America, animals such as bears and bison were hunted...

, and also to observe the habits of the various animals inhabiting the different districts. These well-known drawings showed him as an accurate observer and a careful draughtsman. Each series of drawings was accompanied by a Survey article

Survey article

In academia, a survey article is a paper that is a work of synthesis, published through the usual channels...

describing all aspects of the district. Some of his publications about these surveys include:

Lt.-Col. Douglas Hamilton, Report on the Shevaroy Hills (Madras, 1862),

Lt.-Col. Douglas Hamilton, Report on the Pulni Mountains (Madras, 1864)

Lt.-Col. Douglas Hamilton, Report on the High Ranges of the Annamullay Mountains (Madras, 1866)

Albums at British Library

The India Office Records

India Office Records

The India Office Records are a very large collection of documents relating to the administration of India from 1600 to 1947, the period spanning British rule in India...

in the Asian and African Print Room at the British Library

British Library

has five albums of Hamilton's work that include eighty six drawings. These albums are:
12 Drawings in the Shevaroy Hills -
WD1351, Hamilton, Douglas (1818-1892) is an album of 12 pen and ink drawings of landscapes in the Shevaroy Hills

Shevaroy Hills

made in 1861. The 24 folio volume is entitled: Sketches of the Shevaroy Hills by Lieut-Col. Douglas Hamilton, Madras army. 1861.
Printed descriptions are attached to each picture. Size of the volume is 22.5 by 31.75 inches.
It was deposited in the British Library on 4 June 1866. These drawings are:

f.2 ‘1.(*) Waterfall near the village of Killeyor. An Englishman in the foreground.
f.4 ‘2. Panoramic view from the Garden of Dr Marrett's House at Yercaud.’ An Englishman, his wife and child in the foreground.
f.6’ 3. View of the Temple on the Shevaroyen.
f.8 ‘4. Panoramic view of Yercaud from the summit of the Shevaroyen.
f.10 ‘5.(*) The lake at Yercaud.
f.12 ‘6. Panoramic view of Yercaud and the Green Hills, taken from Fischer's Hill. Two Englishmen in the foreground.
f.14 ‘7. Hill temples.’
f.16 ‘8. Panorama of the plateau of the Green Hills.
f.18 ‘9. View of the plateau of the Green Hills.
f.20 ‘10. View of a Malayaly village and cultivation. An Englishman in the foreground.
f.22 ‘11. View of a Malayaly village.
f.24 ‘12. Panoramic view of the Athoor Ghaut from the summit of the Shevaroyen. Two Englishmen with servants and horses in the foreground.: also published in Records of Sport in Southern India...

26 Drawings in the Palni Hills -
WD566, Hamilton, Douglas (1818-1892) is an album of 26 pen and ink drawings of views in the Palni Hills

Palani Hills Wildlife Sanctuary and National Park

The Palani Hills Wildlife Sanctuary and National Park is a proposed Protected area in Dindigul District, Tamil Nadu State South India. The Park will be an upgrade and expansion of the 736.87 km² Palani Wildlife Sanctuary which was to be established in 2008. The park includes about 36% of...

. This 60 folio volume of views in the Palni Hills was made in 1862, with printed titles and descriptions and some drawings inscribed with titles in pencil. Size of the volume is 20 by 25 inches. It was deposited c.1866. These drawings are:

f.3 ‘1. View of the Entrance to the Hill Village of Pullangee.
f.5 ‘2. Distant view of Pulni Mountains.
f.7 ‘3. View of the higher Pulnis.
f.9 ‘4. View in the Perreakolum
Periyakulam
Periyakulam is a town and a Municipality in Theni district in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu.-Geography:Periyakulam is located at . It has an average elevation of 282 metres . It is located at the foothills of the Western Ghats bordering the neighbouring state of Kerala. It is one of...

Pass.
f.11 5. Another view of the Periyakulam Pass. Hamilton and his horse in the foreground.
f.13 ‘6. View in the valley of Perrumbookarnal. Hamilton and his gun-bearer in the foreground stalking ibex. Reproduced: ‘Records of sport,’ plate xv.
f.15 ‘7. View of the Settlement of Kudaikarnal
History of Kodaikanal
Kodaikanal is a city and a Taluk division of Dindigul district in the state of Tamil Nadu, India.The earliest residents of Kodaikanal were the Paliyan tribal people...

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f.17 ‘8. Distant View of Kudaikarnal.
f.21 ‘9. Panorama of the Plateau in the Neighbourhood of Kudaikarnal. Pillar Rocks and Hamilton with servant and dog pursuing a stag.
f.23 ‘10.(*) View of the Pillar Rocks.
f.25 ‘11. View of the great cave at the Pillar Rocks.
f.27 ‘12. View to the South West beyond the Pillar Rocks. Deer.
f.29 ‘13. View of the Gundair and Pombarry
Poombarai
Poombarai is a village located in the heart of the Palani hills, from Kodaikanal at: . Altitude is .It is coming under ANJUR Poombarai is a village located in the heart of the Palani hills, from Kodaikanal at: . Altitude is .It is coming under ANJUR Poombarai is a village located in the heart...

valleys. A herd of bison in the foreground.
f.31 ‘14. View of Vilputty
Vilpatti
Vilpatti is a Panchayat in Kodaikanal Taluk of Dindigul district, Tamil Nadu state, South India. It is composed of the main village of Vilpatti and 11 hamlets....

, 3 miles N.E. of Kodalkanal.
f.35 ‘15. Panorama of 'the Plateau of Poortoor.’
f.37 ‘16. View of Pullangee.’
f.43 ‘18. View of the Entrance to the Village of Pombarry.
f.45 ‘19. A Street in the hill village of Pombarry.
f.47 ‘20. View of 'the Pombarry Valley.’
f.49 ‘21. Wooded Valley between Kodaikarnal and Pombarry. Deer in the foreground.
f.51 ‘22. Distant View of Kokul. A villager grazing cows in the foreground.
f.53 ‘23. View of Kokul Village
Kukkal
Kukkal is a Panchayat village of terrace farmers at the far western end of the Palani Hills in Kodaikanal block of Dindigul district, Tamil Nadu state, South India. It is from Kodaikanal at: . Elevation is . Kookal is notable for the high biodiversity of the area.-Geography:Kukkal sits at the...

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f.55 ‘24. Distant View of the Hills near Ettoor or the Eight Villages. Hamilton with his sketch-book, camp chair and two attendants.
f.57 ‘25. 'View of the entrance to the village of Mannavanur
Mannavanur
Mannavanur , is a farming village of 1437 households in Mannavanor Panchayat, Dindigul district, Tamil Nadu, India, west from Kodaikanal It is by road from Kumbur village and from Kilanavayal village. Altitude is...

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f.59 ‘26. View of Perumal Mullay and the lower Pulnis. Hamilton looking through his field-glasses; a gun-bearer and dead deer in the foreground.

17 Drawings in the Palni Hills -
WD1350, Hamilton, Douglas (1818-1892); is an album of 17 pen and ink drawings of landscapes in the Palni Hills, 1862 (35 folios), Volume entitled: Sketches of the Pulni Mountains. Printed descriptions are attached to each picture and there are pencil descriptions on the sketches. Size of the volume is 22.5 by 31.75 inches, deposited c.1866. These drawings are:

f.2 Frontispiece. The Devil's Gap. Bodinalkenur Pass.
f.5’ 1. Panorama of the High Range of the Pulnis from the summit of the Perumal mullay.
f.7 ‘2. View from the high ground west of the settlement of Kudaikarnal.
f.9 ‘3. View of Perumal Mullay from the encampment.
f.11 ‘4. Panorama overlooking the 'Cumbum Valley'.
f.13 ‘5. The Pillar Rocks.
.15 ‘6. Bird's Eye view of the ancient lake near Kodaikanal.
f.17 ‘7. View of the ancient lake from near the breach in the embankment. Near Kodaikanal.
f.19 ‘8. The breached embankment.
f.21 ‘9. View of the boundary ridge dividing the Pulnis’ ‘from Travancore
Travancore
Kingdom of Travancore was a former Hindu feudal kingdom and Indian Princely State with its capital at Padmanabhapuram or Trivandrum ruled by the Travancore Royal Family. The Kingdom of Travancore comprised most of modern day southern Kerala, Kanyakumari district, and the southernmost parts of...

. Englishmen shooting bison in foreground.
f.23 ‘10. Village on the lower Pulnis.
f.25 ‘11. View near Perryoor on the lower Pulnis.
f.27 ‘12. View of the lower Pulnis.
f.29 ‘13. View of the entrance to the village of Perryoor
Periyar
Periyar may refer to*Periyar , a major river in Kerala*Periyar district, the erstwhile name for Erode district in Tamil Nadu*Periyar National Park*Periyar E. V. Ramasamy, a Tamil social reformer...

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f.31 ‘14. View on the lower Pulnis.
f.33 ‘15. The Pulnis from the village of Pulni
Palani
Palani is a city and a municipality in the Dindigul district of the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu, located about 100 km South of Coimbatore City and 60 km west of Dindigul...

. Villagers in the foreground.
f.35 Vignette. Mountain antelope and Ponjola Hill.

17 Drawings in the Anaimalai Hills -
WD567, Hamilton, Douglas (1818-1892) is an album of 17 pen and ink drawings of views in the Anaimalai Hills

Anaimalai Hills

The Anaimalai Hills is a range of mountains in the Western Ghats in Tamil Nadu and Kerala states of South India. The name "Anaimalai" derives from the Tamil word 'Ana' meaning elephant and 'Mala' meaning hill, thus Elephant Hill. The highest peak of the Anaimalai Hills is Anamudi, , located in the...

(Cochin and Madras) 1863. European school / British school, (30 folios) 1863, with printed titles and descriptions. All signed: ‘D. Hamilton delt.’ Size of the volume is 20.75 by 14.5 inches. It was deposited c.1866. These drawings are:

ff.2-4 ‘1. Panorama of the Anamallay Mountains from the village of Anamallay. Khaders in the foreground.
f.5 ‘2. The Foot of the Poonachy Pass.
f.5 ‘3. Encampment at Poonachy.
f.7 ‘4. Lower valley of the Tooracoodoo.
f.9 ‘5. Our first view of the 'Tungachee'. An Englishman in the foreground.
f.11 ‘6. The 'Tungachee' and 'Ukka'.
f.13 ‘7. Khader Rattan Chain for collecting honey.
f.15 ‘8. Waterfall at foot of the 'Tungachee'.
f.17 ‘9. Ancient Cromlech. Lower valley of the Tooracoodoo.
f.18 '10. Primitive bridge of the Khaders. An English party in the foreground.
f.19 ‘11. Haystack rock. Rattan Chain.
f.21 ‘12. The 'Tungachee' from our encampment.
ff.23,24 ‘13. High range from our Encampment. Villagers and elephants
Indian Elephant
The Indian Elephant is one of three recognized subspecies of the Asian elephant, and native to mainland Asia. Since 1986, Elephas maximus has been listed as endangered by IUCN as the population has declined by at least 50% over the last three generations, estimated to be 60–75 years...

in the foreground.
f.26 ‘14. View in Michael's Valley.
f.28 ‘15. Water-fall in Michael's Valley.
f, 16. Gorge of the Tooracoodoo.
f.29 ‘17. High range from the lower valley of the Tooracoodoo. Englishmen and elephants in the foreground.

15 Drawings in the Anaimalai Hills -
WD568, Hamilton, Douglas (1818-1892); is an album of 15 pen and ink drawings (33 folios) of views in the Anaimalai Hills (Cochin and Madras). 1863, with printed titles and descriptions. (Inscribed on fly leaf

Endpaper

The endpapers or end-papers of a book are the leaves of paper before the title page and after the text. Booksellers sometimes refer to the front end paper as FEP....

: ‘India Museum, received from public deposit on 4th June 1866’). Size of the volume is 22 by 28.5 inches. These drawings are:

2 Frontispiece. ‘'Cascade in Michael's Valley.'’ Dogs pursuing a stag.
f.5 ‘1. Outline panorama of Michael's Valley looking west. Hamilton and an attendant stalking ibex.
f.7 ‘2. Bird's eye view of Michael's Valley looking west. Taken from the hill, Parli Mulai.
f.10 ‘3. Panoramic view of Michael's Valley looking east. Ibex in foreground.
f.12 ‘4. View of the Upper or Western portion of the large swamp in Michael's Valley. Bison
Gaur
The gaur , also called Indian bison, is a large bovine native to South Asia and Southeast Asia. The species is listed as vulnerable on the IUCN Red List since 1986 as the population decline in parts of the species' range is likely to be well over 70% over the last three generations...

in foreground.
f.14 ‘5. View of the lower portion of the large swamp in Michael's Valley. Elephants and sambur.
f.16 ‘6. Water-fall below Michael's Valley. Ibex.
f.18 ‘7. View of the Eastern Plateaux referred to in sketch No. 3. Ibex in foreground.
f.20 ‘8. View of Coomarikul Plateau. Ibex and Bison.
f.22 ‘9. Encampment at the lower end of Michael's Valley. Hamilton returning from shikar with two attendants
f.24 ‘10. View between Michael's Valley and Coomarikul Plateau. Bison grazing
f.26 ‘11. View looking towards the valley of the Toracuddu River.
f.29 ‘12. View across the upper or western end of Michael's Valley looking south. Hamilton and an attendant stalking sambur.
f.31 ‘13. Panoramic view of the great plateau and the Arney Moodie Mountain looking west. Leopard
Leopard
The leopard , Panthera pardus, is a member of the Felidae family and the smallest of the four "big cats" in the genus Panthera, the other three being the tiger, lion, and jaguar. The leopard was once distributed across eastern and southern Asia and Africa, from Siberia to South Africa, but its...

in foreground and ibex grazing.
f.33 Vignette
Vignette (graphic design)
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. Pooliar village and figures.

Records of Sport

Hamilton's brother Edward was the editor of Douglas Hamilton's 1892 autobiography, "Records of Sport in Southern India, Chiefly on the Annamullay, Nielgherry and Pulney Mountains, also Including Notes on Singapore, Java and Labuan, ...". It is about "years long gone by when the muzzle loader, with all its drawbacks, was the chief weapon in use." All ninety five drawings in Records of Sport... (with the exception of three) were taken from his sketch books. All scenes illustrated in these drawings are based on the actual hunting experiences of Colonel Hamilton described in full detail in his Autobiography.

Those he drew in Indian ink were transferred as facsimile

Facsimile

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s by means of photo-etching

Etching

Etching is the process of using strong acid or mordant to cut into the unprotected parts of a metal surface to create a design in intaglio in the metal...

. The others, sketched in pencil, were copied by Mr. J. T. Smit with such care and accuracy that the touch, as well as the spirit, of the original sketches was fully retained. The three plates of the two species of Florikin

Bustard

Bustards, including floricans and korhaans, are large terrestrial birds mainly associated with dry open country and steppes in the Old World...

and of the Jungle Cat

Jungle Cat

The jungle cat is a medium-sized cat and considered the largest remaining species of the wild cat genus Felis. The species is also called the swamp lynx but is not closely related to the lynxes....

are from drawings made expressly for Records of Sport by Mr. Smit. Several types of big game are the primary subject of most of these Drawings. Only a few of the drawings overlap with those in the India Office collection. He also drew several landscapes of Singapore

Singapore

Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...

, Java

Java

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and Labuan

Labuan

Labuan is a federal territory in East Malaysia. It is an island off the coast of the state of Sabah. Labuan's capital is Victoria and is best known as an offshore financial centre offering international financial and business services via Labuan IBFC since 1990 as well as being an offshore support...

during his visit there in 1848. The Drawings are:

Galleries of 95 drawings

- Portrait of Major Douglas Hamilton, 1870. . . Frontispiece

- Preface art...v:

PREFACE

The Pillar Rocks, Pulney Mountains . . . xiii
Water Fall near the Village of Killiyur . . .viii
View in the Valley of Perumbookarnal, Pulney Mountains...xv
Lake of Yercaud, Shervaroy Hills ...xviii
The Upper Falls, near Muddikull, Bababoopen Hills...xxxvi

CHAPTER I. - Shooting Antelope

Stalking Antelope with Pony...1
Spearing the Antelope...5
The Silver Grey Fox
Bengal Fox
The Bengal fox , also known as the Indian fox, is a fox endemic to the Indian subcontinent and is found from the Himalayan foothills and Terai of Nepal through southern India and from southern and eastern Pakistan to eastern India and southeastern Bangladesh.-Appearance:Vulpes bengalensis is a...

(Canis bengalensis)...7
Oh, Great King, Don't be Angry...9
Cheeta
Asiatic Cheetah
The Asiatic Cheetah is now also known as the Iranian Cheetah, as the world's last few are known to survive mostly in Iran. Although recently presumed to be extinct in India, it is also known as the Indian Cheetah...

Stalking Antelope
Blackbuck
Blackbuck is a species of antelope native to the Indian subcontinent. Their range decreased sharply during the 20th century. Since 2003, the IUCN lists the species as near threatened....

...10
The Kill...11
The Mountain Antelope...14

CHAPTER II. - Wolves, Wild Dogs, Boars, Mongoose, Small Game Shooting

Wolves Watching Antelope...19
Wild Dogs (Cuon rutilans
Dhole
The dhole is a species of canid native to South and Southeast Asia. It is the only extant member of the genus Cuon, which differs from Canis by the reduced number of molars and greater number of teats...

)...25
Mungoose
Mongoose
Mongoose are a family of 33 living species of small carnivorans from southern Eurasia and mainland Africa. Four additional species from Madagascar in the subfamily Galidiinae, which were previously classified in this family, are also referred to as "mongooses" or "mongoose-like"...

and Cobra
Cobra
Cobra is a venomous snake belonging to the family Elapidae. However, not all snakes commonly referred to as cobras are of the same genus, or even of the same family. The name is short for cobra capo or capa Snake, which is Portuguese for "snake with hood", or "hood-snake"...

...28
Rather a Stopper...31
A Brave Boar...33
The Lesser Florikin
Lesser Florican
The Lesser Florican , also known as the Likh, is a large bird in the bustard family and the only member of the genus Sypheotides. It is endemic to the Indian Subcontinent where it is found in tall grasslands and is best known for the leaping breeding displays made by the males during the Monsoon...

(Syphcolides auritus)...36
The Bengal Florican
Bengal Florican
The Bengal Florican , also called Bengal Bustard, is a very rare bustard species from tropical southern Asia. It is the only member of the genus Houbaropsis...

(Spyheoides bengaleiuis)...36

CHAPTER III. - Sporting Trip to the Dandilly Forest

The Bungalow, Dandilly Forest...39
"I Just saw His Head and Horns"...44
"Emam Took up the Track"...47
An Unexpected Meeting...50

CHAPTER IV. - Singapore, Java and Labuan

The Wart Hog of Java (Sus verrucosus)...59
The Smero
Semeru
Semeru, or Mount Semeru , is a volcano located in East Java, Indonesia. It is the highest mountain on the island of Java...

from Paparawang
Papar, Sabah
Papar is a town as well as a district located in West Coast Division of Sabah, east Malaysia. It is situated 38 kilometres south of Kota Kinabalu and is one of the main stops on the North Borneo Railway line other than Tanjung Aru, Putatan, Beaufort and Tenom in which Papar lies on the middle of...

...62
Birdseye View of the Crater of the Bromo
Mount Bromo
Mount Bromo , is an active volcano and part of the Tengger massif, in East Java, Indonesia. At it is not the highest peak of the massif, but is the most well known. The massif area is one of the most visited tourist attractions in East Java, Indonesia. The volcano belongs to the Bromo Tengger...

...68
Outline of the Smeroe and the Bromo...68
Lake of Ranio Clakka...72
Principal Figure in the Temple of Sookoo...77
Stone Slabs in the Temple of Sookoo, showing the manufacture of the Kris
Kris
The kris or keris is an asymmetrical dagger or sword nowadays most strongly associated with the culture of Indonesia, but also indigenous to Malaysia, Southern Thailand and Brunei. It is known as kalis in the southern Philippines. The kris is famous for its distinctive wavy blade , but many have...

s ....78 . to face
After Deer, Bandoeng
Bandung
Bandung is the capital of West Java province in Indonesia, and the country's third largest city, and 2nd largest metropolitan area in Indonesia, with a population of 7.4 million in 2007. Located 768 metres above sea level, approximately 140 km southeast of Jakarta, Bandung has cooler...

...84
Curious Hat of the Rusa Deer in Java...89
The Big Boar of Labuan
Labuan
Labuan is a federal territory in East Malaysia. It is an island off the coast of the state of Sabah. Labuan's capital is Victoria and is best known as an offshore financial centre offering international financial and business services via Labuan IBFC since 1990 as well as being an offshore support...

(Sus barbatus)...95
Nests of a Diminutive Bee found at Labuan...96

CHAPTER V. - Bears

Sloth Bear

The sloth bear , also known as the labiated bear, is a nocturnal insectivorous species of bear found wild within the Indian subcontinent. The sloth bear evolved from ancestral brown bears during the Pleistocene and shares features found in insect-eating mammals through convergent evolution...

He tried hard to get at us through the Bamboos...99
"He was upon me at once"...104
"I didn't do it, Ma!"...107
I could Hear the Bones Breaking...110

CHAPTER VI. - Ibex

Nilgiri Tahr

The Nilgiri Tahr, Nilgiritragus hylocrius, known locally as the Nilgiri Ibex or simply Ibex, is an ungulate that is endemic to the Nilgiri Hills and the southern portion of the Western Ghats in the states of Tamil Nadu and Kerala in southern India. It is the state animal of Tamil Nadu...

Shooting on the Nielgherries, Annamullais, and Pulnies

The Ibex (The Nielgherry Wild Goat), Male and Female...111
The Ibex Hills, Annamullies...117
My First Ibex...120
The Hut, Pykara...122
The Old Saddle-back...124
I take off my Shoes...127
A Close Shave...129
The Ibex Stalker...135

CHAPTER VII. - Elephant

Indian Elephant

The Indian Elephant is one of three recognized subspecies of the Asian elephant, and native to mainland Asia. Since 1986, Elephas maximus has been listed as endangered by IUCN as the population has declined by at least 50% over the last three generations, estimated to be 60–75 years...

The Knowing Old Engineer...142
Diagram for Elephant Shots...145
I try to drive him Home...149
Charging a Bull Bison, Sept. 20, 1856...151
The Tables Turned...154
We held on like "Grim Death"...154
Help ! Help ! !...155
We Secure him at last...155
Heels over Head...157
The First Shot at the Great Tusker...159
The Death of the Great Tusker of Hassanoor...160
"BAFFLED" (for description see Chapter VIII)...164

CHAPTER VIII. - Tiger

Bengal Tiger

The Bengal tiger is a tiger subspecies native to the Indian subcontinent that in 2010 has been classified as endangered by IUCN...

s, Leopards etc.

Tigers and Sambur...173
The Cheeky Rascal...185
A Most Magnificent Bound...188
The Vultures Bring Him Out...189
Rather a Surprise...191
The Mid-Day Siesta...192
I staring at him, and He Glaring and Growling...197
He stopped to look at me...200
What I saw one Morning...202
He stood to Listen205
Face to Face...209
I could have Slapped its Face...220
The Jungle Cat {Felis chaus)...223
It will Sit and Watch on a Crag...224
The Black Leopard...225
The Black Leopard— His Death...226
The Leopard's Ride...228
Leopard on Bough...232
My Last Leopard...235

CHAPTER IX. - The Bison of Southern India

Gaur

The gaur , also called Indian bison, is a large bovine native to South Asia and Southeast Asia. The species is listed as vulnerable on the IUCN Red List since 1986 as the population decline in parts of the species' range is likely to be well over 70% over the last three generations...

Head of a Bull Bison...236
Skull and Horns of Bison...238
I Plunged My Hunting Knife Into His Side...243
A Big Bull Bison staring at me...245
A Tall Shot...246
Not the pleasantest Moment of my Life...248
A dead Bull...248

CHAPTER X. -

The Sambur buck and doe...252
Head and Horns of the big Antler Stag...258
The Unheeded Warning...262
His Last Leap...265
Puzzled...268
Snob and the Stag...269
"Now Bounding into the Air"...271
The Deer Stalker...278
The Axis or Spotted Deer...279
The Jungle Sheep...280

Forests and Gardens of South India

In 1861, 13 plates and 17 figures of drawings by Douglas Hamiton were published in The Forests and Gardens of South India written by his friend and co-conservator Hugh Francis Cleghorn

Hugh Francis Cleghorn

Hugh Francis Clarke Cleghorn of Stravithie was a pioneering Scottish physician, botanist and forester who worked in India...

. Several of the drawings were lithographed by Mr. W. H. Macfarane, Edinburgh. Most of the drawings were technical illustrations of forestry operations, though some depicted landscapes of forested areas. These drawings are:

Plates:

Forest Chart, facing title page.
I. The usual way of loading a country cart
Bullock cart
A bullock cart or ox cart is a two-wheeled vehicle pulled by oxen . It is a means of transportation used since ancient times in many parts of the world. They are still used today where modern vehicles are too expensive or the infrastructure does not favor them.Used especially for carrying goods,...

with a squared beam. . . .facing 70
II. Mischief caused by the carpenter-bees in a log of Chebulai
Terminalia chebula
Terminalia chebula is a species of Terminalia, native to southern Asia from India and Nepal east to southwestern China , and south to Sri Lanka, Malaysia and Vietnam.It is a deciduous tree growing to tall, with a trunk up to in diameter...

...facing 71
III. Bamboo
Bamboo
Bamboo is a group of perennial evergreens in the true grass family Poaceae, subfamily Bambusoideae, tribe Bambuseae. Giant bamboos are the largest members of the grass family....

& The formation of a ghat in lieu of the rude timber slip. . . . facing 75
IV. Teak Tree
Teak
Teak is the common name for the tropical hardwood tree species Tectona grandis and its wood products. Tectona grandis is native to south and southeast Asia, mainly India, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Burma, but is naturalized and cultivated in many countries, including those in Africa and the...

. . . . facing 107
V. Teak. .. .facing 108
VI. Natives Carrying Fuel . . .facing 146
VII. Woman sitting . . .290
VIII. Panorama of mountain range from this village, showing the eastern aspect ('North Latitude 10' 27". East Longitude 77.') 10°27′N 77°0′E. . . facing 289
IX. Foot of the Poonachy Pass, Crossing the Torakudu River. . .290
X. Ancient Cromlech.. . 292
XI. gives a good outline of the Tangachi and Akka Mountains. . .292
XII. Rattan Chain for Collecting Honey (partial image) . . .facing 294
XIII. Gorge of the Toracodu River. . . 296

Figures

fig. 1. Drag holes in Log...3
fig. 2. 'V' shapes incisions in Kino tree...13
fig. 3. Ferry Boat...41
fig. 4. Showing Radial and Concentric Splits...65
fig. 5. Pile of Wood raised on Bricks...65
fig. 6. Natives using the Saw...69
fig. 7. Windward - Leeward...145
fig. 8. Tap Root...175
fig. 9. Avenue Trees Protected. From Du Breuil, Court d'Arboriculture, illustrates the manner in which avenue-trees are protected in the Boulevards of Paris....198
fig. 10. Forked Stick...283
fig. 11. stacked Billets...284
fig. 12. Section of one-half of the Kiln...284
fig. 13. Vertical Section of Kiln...284
fig. 14. Horizontal Section of Kiln...286
fig. 15, Kiln After Thirty-six Hours...286
fig. 16. Vertical Section of Charcoal Pit, with Vent Holes and Covering of Sod...287
fig. 17. Kiln Dug Out the Side of a Hill...288

Self-portraits

Hamilton often portrayed himself in his drawings. He is shown at different times with mutton chop sideburns

Sideburns

Sideburns or sideboards are patches of facial hair grown on the sides of the face, extending from the hairline to below the ears and worn with an unbearded chin...

or a full beard. He is almost always shown holding his rifle and facing to the right. These self-portraits are cropped from drawings in Records of Sport...:

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