At last we came to another shikari who said he had seen the stag that very morning.
Things would rub along somehow or other without a Viceroy; but how would life be without the head shikari to show the stag, or the caterer to produce meat and drink?
But the really serious business in this life is--to the shikarito find game, and to the caterer to provide food.
The village shikari will quickly determine from what direction the tiger has arrived; he will then suggest the probable route that the animal will take whenever it may be disturbed.
Upon following up the track, the remains of the unlucky shikari were discovered, a considerable portion having been devoured; but the tigress had disappeared.
My men were up the trees; the shikari had thrown a mighty spear upon the ground, and had gone up the branches like a squirrel, as he did not see the fun of meeting the bear's charge.
Each hole was to be occupied by a shikari with his matchlock.
I had placed my shikari with a rifle in a convenient position about 200 yards in advance, upon a mucharn or platform that had been constructed for myself.
I had given my shikari a double-barrelled gun, and I ordered him to take his stand as instructed by the natives; he accordingly disappeared, I knew not where.
My shikari was present, and I ordered him to tie up a good large buffalo, in prime condition, as the tiger was in the habit of selecting the best cattle for attack.
In the Census Report, 1901, the Valaiyans are described as "a shikari (hunting) caste in Madura and Tanjore.
Now every shikariknows that there may be a heavy tiger with a short tail and a light bodied one with a long tail.
I believe that many a shikari passes at times within a few yards of a tiger without knowing it, the tendency of the animal being to crouch and hide until the strange-looking two-legged beast has passed.
Their loud whoops and immense bounds from tree to tree when excited, or the flashing of their white teeth as they gibber at their lurking foe, have often told the shikari of the whereabouts of the object of his search.
This antelope is so well known that it is hardly necessary to dilate at length on it; every shikari in India has had his own experiences, but I will take from Sir Walter Elliot's account and Dr.
The working of the tongue may be seen in the illustration.
I was scouting against the wind, of course, and had hopes of getting my shot in--the first I had ever fired at this particular species.
Remembering the refusal he had lately met with, he replied: 'I never allow my bellows to be taken out of my room, but if you choose to come there, you are welcome to blow with them as long as you like.
The first two or three rooms were unoccupied, the remainder were devoted to the use of Estelle and her governess.
For one horrible moment we rolled together on the ground--I remember the animal smell of the brute to this day--and then he was gone!
He had killed a bullock in the night, and was lazy with much food.
Was I sufficiently alive--had I energy enough to move, to raise my aching head a little way in order to look around a bit?
Ralph ignored the jest, and continued his quotation.
What could the men want which was worth so much money--hundreds of pounds?
He was a child of six years old, but had already shown such wonderful musical genius, that his parents had decided to place him with his uncle, where he would have great opportunities for musical study.
She gave a roar of alarm, however, and bounded away into cover.
Illustration: "Stalked while I myself stalked the water-buck.
This arm is made out of a slender branch of a tree, and is fastened to the horizontal bar by loops of cord.
I waited a moment (continued Denison) in order to give theshikari time to recover himself.
The shikari came flying down the road; he saw me and stopped, salaaming very low.
The shikari had followed me to the house, lamenting aloud.
It was followed by a shrill sound which the white men had never heard before, but which caused the shikari to spring to his feet in excitement.
They say they will go no farther, sahib," the shikari replied.
That worthy had again "sung his own praises quite a lot," and boasted so much of the part he had played in recent events that the shikari found him more offensive than ever.
The shikari suggested that the Nagas might be able to communicate with the natives, and reassure them.
He did not disclose the object of the expedition, but the shikari guessed that it was not unconnected with head hunting.
In an hour the shikari returned with four lithe, well-developed young Mishmis, whose only clothing was a loin-cloth of bark and strips of bamboo coiled about their arms and legs.
The shikari meanwhile remained fixedly on guard, his eyes never quitting the jungle, his ears alert for further sounds.
My Hindoo shikari I find will take a nip with pleasure from my flask in his little brass bowl, but he would loose caste if he took soda water in the same way, so he tramps to the well and at great trouble draws a cup.
The shikari said nothing, but counted it out at seventy yards.
The shikari has covered his everyday dress of old Harris tweeds with a white sheet, and might be anyone, and my long Mohammedan guide and interpreter is also in white this day.
You will meet Barma Shah very soon," Chandra told Biff, "because my uncle tells me that the head shikari at Keewal has asked the village people to help trap a tiger tomorrow night.
During that period, Matapar, the head Shikari from Keewal, had put up platforms in surrounding trees, covering the open area where the tiger liked to prowl.
Except in the pursuit of various classes of flying animals, a shikari would not, for example, be permitted the use of an aircar other than as means of simple transportation.
But he was, after all, an old shikari and a senior diplomat.
A warning hiss from the shikari again induced Wilson to silence.
For two or three minutes they heard and saw nothing, then the shikari pointed beyond them, and they almost started as they saw the tiger retreating, and knew that it must have passed almost under them without their noticing it.
Doctor, who repeated the question to the shikari in his own language.
The two lads are both fair shots, and Hunter was considered a good shikari some years ago.
As he spoke the shikari touched him on the shoulder and pointed.
You will have a native shikariin the tree with you to point out the tiger, for it is twenty to one against your making him out for yourselves.
The shikari had uttered a loud cry as he sprang down from the tree, and this had been answered by shouts from the distance.
The shikari pressed their shoulders, and a low hiss enforced the necessity for absolute silence.
Most men would have been conscious of a tingling of the nerves, but the nerves of Helston Varne were as hard and as well in hand as those of the Pathan shikari himself.
Helston Varne and the shikari conferred hurriedly together, and in the result decided that there was nothing for it but to call a halt and wait until chance should enable them to obtain their bearings.
Perchance the sircar will dispatch some great shikari to help thee in this hunting.
Then turning to Kali Dass she said in our Terai tongue, 'Is it well with thee, shikari ji?
Next we came upon a herd of wildebeeste, and here we allowed Bhoota, who was a wary shikari and an old servant of Spooner's, to stalk a solitary bull.
By this time the poor shikari was in a fainting condition, and we flew to the tonga for the brandy flask which we had so providentially brought with us.
As I had of course leggings and was fully clothed I had much the best of it, but my shikari with his bare limbs got a pretty good roasting.
I had gone after a tiger, and my shikari had prepared an excellent seat on a tree at an absolutely safe height.
Now there was a poor man who was a very brave shikari of big game, and cunning into the bargain, and he offered to go and kill the tiger.
The Raja told the people to watch carefully and see that the shikari did not cheat by taking the claws and ears of a tiger with him.
So the shikari climbed down and uncovered his looking glass and told the tiger to look and he reflected in the glass the pictures of the tigers which he had brought and said, "Now I am going to catch you and put you in here also.
At last the shikari said that he would let him go, if he would allow him to cut off his claws and the tips of his ears and the tip of his tongue as a pledge of his good faith.
Then the shikari said that he would start the next morning and return the next day either with the dead tiger or with bits of its ears and claws to show that he had killed it.
He asked his shikari (tracker) what reward he should give him for putting him on to the beast.
The shikari replied that he would be quite satisfied with twenty-five rupees, as he wanted to get his younger brother out of pledge.
The name shikari is also applied to a Native who "accompanies European sportsmen as a guide and aid, and to the European sportsman himself.
In England we have a very excellent institution known as the "Shikari Club," an association of Big Game hunters founded by Captain C.
After we had been in camp about a week, a shikari brought us news that there was unquestionably a tiger not many miles away.
Turning suddenly upon his heel, the nativeshikari pointed to the two sleeping camels, and then away to one side of the entrance-hall.
Up this the sportsman toils, thinking his shikari must have lost his way, when suddenly he comes upon a dark cool glen, and in it there is pretty sure to be a herd.
If you wish thoroughly to enjoy your stalk, and the ground is not too difficult, insist upon going first and making your shikari carry your rifle behind you.
A stiff climb took us near where we had last seen them, and creeping on the shikari who was in front came almost face to face with one, upon which the alarm call began to sound furiously.
Another very common trick is for the shikarito present his master with the buck’s scrotum, and keep the pod for himself.
Good local information is absolutely necessary, and a shikari who does not know every soiling pool, every deer-path, or likely copse for a stag to lie up in is useless.
I tried to get steady on him and fired; but he stood still, and my shikari said I had missed.
The name Shikari (hunter) is occasionally adopted as a synonym for Irula.
The Vedakkarans (shikari or hunting caste) trade on these scruples by catching small birds, bringing them to Jain houses, and demanding money to spare their lives.
But the fight is all over, Excellency," the Shikari explained.
Go out with him for a couple of days," and when the shikari had retired, he explained the reason of his advice.
I was out on the hill after chikkor when my shikarisaw Shere Ali and his crowd coming down the valley.
While we were looking at the blood-marks a tremendous roar was heard close by, and my native shikari calling out, "Tiger!
Mark was able to get a long shot, but missed, so sat down while the shikari climbed the peaks around to try and find the oorial again.
In a short time the shikari returned, and Mark thought no more about the animal until he had been back at the camp some time.
Tis shikari Wanderobbo, or, to use his alias, Bill.
In my childhood innocence I resided with my avuncular relative, and he being a great shikari I saw some A1 sport.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "shikari" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word. Other words: beater; courser; hunter; sportsman
