 | Jacomb-Hood, G.P. 1925 With brush and pencil. London, John Murray, pp. i-x, 1-351 |
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| George Percy Jacomb-Hood (1857-1929), illustrator
(p.237) 1911-12-18 Monday (1), arrived at railhead Bikna Thori. After lunch beat for rhino. With Sir Edward Henry in howdah. Found 3 rhino. One killed by King with a beautiful shot, severing the jugular vein. Another wounded. The third one was ... |
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 | Faunthorpe, J.C. 1924 Jungle life in India, Burma, and Nepal: some notes on the Faunthorpe-Vernay Expedition of 1923. Natural History 24 (2): 174-198, figs. 1-20, map 1 |
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| Rhinoceros unicornis now survives in British territory only in a small portion of the Assam province. |
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| Faunthorpe, J.C. 1924 The disappearance of wildlife in India. Natural History 24 (2): 204-207, fig. 1 |
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| Skin. Sex: Male. Locality: Nepal. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. |
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| Faunthorpe, J.C. 1924 The disappearance of wildlife in India. Natural History 24 (2): 204-207, fig. 1 |
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| Skin. Sex: Female. Locality: Nepal. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. |
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| Faunthorpe, J.C. 1924 Jungle life in India, Burma, and Nepal: some notes on the Faunthorpe-Vernay Expedition of 1923. Natural History 24 (2): 174-198, figs. 1-20, map 1 |
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| Rhinoceros unicornis formerly abundant in the swampy country of the Tarai all the way from north Oudh to Assam. |
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| Faunthorpe, J.C. 1924 Jungle life in India, Burma, and Nepal: some notes on the Faunthorpe-Vernay Expedition of 1923. Natural History 24 (2): 174-198, figs. 1-20, map 1 |
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| Its survival in Nepal is due solely to the fact that in that country it is considered royal game and is rigorously preserved. |
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| Faunthorpe, J.C. 1924 Jungle life in India, Burma, and Nepal: some notes on the Faunthorpe-Vernay Expedition of 1923. Natural History 24 (2): 174-198, figs. 1-20, map 1 |
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| As regards British territory, only a few still survive in Assam. |
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| Faunthorpe, J.C. 1924 Jungle life in India, Burma, and Nepal: some notes on the Faunthorpe-Vernay Expedition of 1923. Natural History 24 (2): 174-198, figs. 1-20, map 1 |
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| That enlightened ruler, my friend His Highness Maharajah Sir Chandra Shumshere Jung of Nepal, fully appreciated the importance of the expedition. He first arranged that we should visit the tract of country where His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales and staff had recently shot tiger and rhino, ... |
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| Faunthorpe, J.C. 1924 Jungle life in India, Burma, and Nepal: some notes on the Faunthorpe-Vernay Expedition of 1923. Natural History 24 (2): 174-198, figs. 1-20, map 1 |
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| In the Morang District of the Nepal Tarai this rhinoceros was plentiful not many years ago, but now not a single specimen is, I believe, to be found within two hundred miles. |
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| Faunthorpe, J.C. 1924 Jungle life in India, Burma, and Nepal: some notes on the Faunthorpe-Vernay Expedition of 1923. Natural History 24 (2): 174-198, figs. 1-20, map 1 |
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| Even in Nepal, the rhino is rapidly diminishing in numbers. |
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