Thus the samadh was perfect, Thus was the lesson plain Of the wrath of the First Shikaris-- The price of a white man slain; And the men of the First Shikaris Went back into camp again.
The men of the First Shikaris Shouted and smote and slew, Turning the grinning jingal On to the howling crew.
A Snider squibbed in the jungle, Somebody laughed and fled, And the men of the First Shikaris Picked up their Subaltern dead, With a big blue mark in his forehead And the back blown out of his head.
The men of the First Shikaris Marched till the break of day, Till they came to the rebel village, The village of Pabengmay-- A jingal covered the clearing, Calthrops hampered the way.
The Yanadis are good shikaris (huntsmen), and devoid of fear in the jungle.
They are bold shikaris (sportsmen), and tiger spearing is a favourite pastime, closely connected with their religion.
We followed the tracks of the stag through this patch of forest, mostly of hazels, the shikaris pointing out where the stag had nibbled off the young leaf-buds and bark which seem to form the staple food of the deer at this time of year.
The shikaris were now visible, and like their class hard and keen-looking, clearly used to living on mountain-sides in cold and heat, and to be ever peering into distances.
This was my third day out, and now I climbed the mountain almost as easily as the shikaris themselves.
Knowing the point of view of head shikaris I placed myself, therefore, with child-like but misplaced confidence in his hand.
We rode for six miles in the fresh morning air and brilliant sunshine to the edge of the lake, where the shikaris and boatmen were awaiting us.
This may be so, but Kashmir shikarishave remarkably vivid imaginations.
So, while the shikaris unceasingly spied for bear, for nine mortal hours Jane and I camped out on a remarkably hard and unyielding stone, varied by other seats equally tiresome.
The native shikaris say that the tiger kills the young ones if he finds them.
Sir Walter Elliot says that the Shikaris attribute to it the same habit as that which used erroneously to be ascribed to the glutton, viz.
The largest pard I have ever seen was shot by one of my own shikaris in the act of stalking a pony near a village.
The Doctor cross questioned the mahouts and told off the elephants for the party; then there was a talk with the native shikaris and arrangements made for the beat, and at an early hour all retired to rest.
Cattle and goats had been tied up, and the native shikaris had taken their posts in trees close by, and had watched all night; but in vain.
The head shikaris placed us in an open position, from fifty to one hundred yards apart, facing the jungle.
But our minds rose above mental cautions with the first faint halloos of the Hindu shikaris on the opposite side of the jungle.
Major Rich had sent his shikaris on the night before to collect beaters, so that when we arrived we were welcomed by a small army of Klings, Tamils, and Malays, and the usual sprinkling of pariah dogs.
Shikaris assure us that, on a quiet night, the roaring of these beasts can be heard for many miles around.
The Banns Of Marriage Next day, early in the morning, the local shikaris went under the leadership of the warlike Akali, to hunt glamoured and real tigers in the caves.
The shikaris of the beat selected assemble the beaters, sixty or a hundred men being engaged according to the ground.
Trained bullocks are often used by native shikaris to enable them to get within the close range they love for a shot; and the writer has seen the following curious method practised in Central India.
Native shikaris declare that lions always put up for the day under the same bushes, and that consequently if there is a lion about he is generally easily found.
In some parts of the Himalayas native shikaris declare that they often shoot sambur by selecting a likely path and improvising a salt-lick, after the fashion of Laplanders when they want to catch their tame reindeer.
About September 1 the horns should be nearly free from velvet, and as a delicious wild black currant ripens at the same time, the shikaris associate the two.
Up to September 20 the old stags are either alone or accompanied by a youngster who acts as fag, and they are not easy to find; in fact, as a rule, shikaris declare that it is useless trying to find them.
Shikaris all believe that markhor do eat snakes, some going as far as to say that they suck the snakes out of their holes, and swallow them like macaroni; and Colonel Kinloch supports the theory.
Native shikariswatch these large heaps and take poor rhino at a disadvantage.
The orthodox procedure is to form a picked force of beaters and shikarisinto a solid triangle, the apex and flanks being formed by the guns.
So Matapar and the other shikaris watched silently, almost glumly, while Thakur and his helpers set up the cage close to a thicket that they thought would be inviting to the tiger.
Matapar and other shikaris were up on their platforms, all at ideal range.
The shikaris from the jeep started over to examine their prize, but paused when warning shouts came from both the cage and the tree platforms.
His mind flashed back to the tiger hunt, when Barma Shah had delivered that perfect shot while the shikaris were wondering what to do.
Half-stunned, the tiger picked itself up, snarled at the two shikaris as they dived away from the light.
Hence some shikaris (hunters) will not shoot at a wolf.
The shikaris and I left the coolies to go around the path while we went over the mountain, a five hours' climb, keeping a sharp lookout for game.
The next day I again went off with my two shikaris over the mountains.
I had hunted in vain all day, but about 5 o'clock one of theshikaris advised my starting out again and climbing around the neighboring cliffs.
I was in advance with one of the shikaris and got a quiet shot, and more by good luck than anything else--for I was very weak--I killed.
On March 5th, one of the shikaris brought word that he had seen and heard a tigress and two cubs at a nullah about six miles away.
The native shikaris generally exhibit considerable hardihood, and, confident in their activity, they ascend trees from which they have a clear view in front for some 30 or 40 yards.
The native shikaris now assured me in the most positive manner that the tiger would certainly advance along the nullah, and would pass immediately beneath the tree upon which my mucharn of yesterday was placed.
At daylight every morning the native shikaris should visit their respective baits, and send a runner into camp with the message should one or more have been killed.
A few really clever shikaris should be able (with few exceptions to the rule) to drive the tiger to any required position, so as to bring it within shot of any particular mucharn.
We had a large force of men, and several shikaris of long experience in the locality; it was accordingly a wise course to remain silent, as the people would have been confused by unnecessary orders.
It is a common custom of native shikaris to tie up a buffalo where four paths meet, as the tiger would be walking along one of these during the night, and it could not help seeing the alluring bait.
The beaters and shikaris now arrived, and having explained the incident, we examined the ground for tracks, and quickly found the claw-marks which were deeply indented in the parched surface of fine sward.
The shikaris considered that she would probably return to her prey during the night, if left undisturbed upon the spot where she had forsaken it.
I now sent for the elephants, as I would not permit the shikaristo advance farther upon foot.
When daylight broke, three of the shikaris issued from their positions, but the fourth had disappeared; his hole was empty!
We took our places, and I was assured by the shikaris that the tiger would probably break covert exactly in my front.
Early on the following morning the news was brought by the shikaristhat the buffalo had been killed, and dragged into a neighbouring ravine.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "shikaris" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
