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

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and forestry operations. Eighty seven of Hamilton's careful

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s of the

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Palani Hills The Palani Hills are a mountain range in the southern Indian states of Kerala and Tamil Nadu. The Palani Hills are an eastward extension of the Western Ghats ranges, which run parallel to the west coast of India. The Palani Hills adjoin the hi ...

and

Shevaroy Hills The Selvarayan hills, with the anglicised name Shevaroy Hills, are a towering mountain range (1620 m) near the city of Salem, in Tamil Nadu state, southern India. It is one of the major hill stations in Tamil Nadu and in the Eastern Ghats. The loc ...

are in the

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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''. Douglas Hamilton and bearer cropped

Lieutenant-Colonel

Douglas Hamilton General Douglas Hamilton (8 April 1818 – 20 January 1892) 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 So ...

(1818 – 1892) was a British

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officer, gazetted to the 21st Regiment of the Madras Native Infantry from 1837 to 1871. Hamilton was a well known

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and

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of the early British

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s in South India and a famous sportsman, shikari,

big-game hunter Big-game hunting is the hunting of large game animals for meat, commercially valuable by-products (such as horns/antlers, furs, tusks, bones, body fat/oil, or special organs and contents), trophy/taxidermy, or simply just for recreation ("spo ...

and

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collector. He was an acute observer of

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and a

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. Though executed only in

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or pencil, these drawings have

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due to the artist's skillful use of

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and

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to achieve realistic

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and perspective. 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

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heightens the viewer's interest in his subjects. Hamilton selected from his sketches those 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

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, the Finance Minister of India and former

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, 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

and

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

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, 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

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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

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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

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 Yercaud is a Hill station in Salem District, in Tamil Nadu, India. History Stone-age implements have been found from the ancient shrine located near Shevaroy Hills (also known as Shevarayan Hills), which is about 5 km from the 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 The Palani Hills are a mountain range in the southern Indian states of Kerala and Tamil Nadu. The Palani Hills are an eastward extension of the Western Ghats ranges, which run parallel to the west coast of India. The Palani Hills adjoin the hi ...

. 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: Douglas Hamilton, Pillar rocks

:# 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 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 An ibex (plural ibex, ibexes or ibices) is any of several species of wild goat (genus ''Capra''), distinguished by the male's large recurved horns, which are transversely ridged in front. Ibex are found in Eurasia, North Africa and East Africa. ...

. Reproduced: 'Records of sport,' plate xv. :# f.15 '7. ''View of the Settlement of Kudaikarnal.'' :# 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 valleys.'' A herd of bison in the foreground. :# f.31 '14. ''View of Vilputty,'' 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.'' :# 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 (Mannavanor, Mannavannur), 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 . ...

.'' :# 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

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.'' 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.'' :# f.31 '14. ''View on the lower Pulnis.'' :# f.33 '15. ''The Pulnis from the village of Pulni.'' 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 The Anamala or Anaimalai, also known as the Elephant Mountains, are a range of mountains in the southern Western Ghats of central Kerala ( Idukki district, Ernakulam district, Palakkad district, Thrissur district) and span the border of wes ...

(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

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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: 'India Museum, received from public deposit on 4th June 1866'). Size of the volume is 22 by 28.5 inches.Prints & drawings: WD568 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.''

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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.''

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in foreground and ibex grazing. :# f.33

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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

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, 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

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s by means of photo-etching. 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 florican and of the

jungle cat The jungle cat (''Felis chaus''), also called reed cat, swamp cat and jungle lynx, is a medium-sized cat native to the Middle East, the Caucasus, South and Southeast Asia and southern China. It inhabits foremost wetlands like swamps, littora ...

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

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Java Java (; id, Jawa, ; jv, ꦗꦮ; su, ) is one of the Greater Sunda Islands in Indonesia. It is bordered by the Indian Ocean to the south and the Java Sea to the north. With a population of 151.6 million people, Java is the world's List ...

and

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during his visit there in 1848. The drawings are:

Galleries of 95 drawings

:- Portrait of Major Douglas Hamilton, 1870. . . Frontispiece Douglas Hamilton, preface art

:- Preface art...v: Douglas Hamilton, Bababooden hills, falls

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 (Canis bengalensis)...7 #''Oh, Great King, Don't be Angry''...9 #

Cheeta Cheeta (sometimes billed as Cheetah, Cheta, and Chita) is a chimpanzee character that appeared in numerous Hollywood Tarzan films of the 1930s–1960s, as well as the 1966–1968 television series, as the ape sidekick of the title character, Ta ...

Stalking

Antelope The term antelope is used to refer to many species of even-toed ruminant that are indigenous to various regions in Africa and Eurasia. Antelope comprise a wastebasket taxon defined as any of numerous Old World grazing and browsing hoofed mammals ...

...10 #The Kill...11 #The Mountain Antelope...14 Image:Douglas Hamilton, Stalking Antelope with Pony...1.jpg, Stalking Antelope with Pony...1 Image:Douglas hamilton, Spearing antelope.jpg, Spearing Antelope...5 Image:Douglas Hamilton, Canis bengalensis...7.jpg, Wild Dog, Canis bengalensis...7 Image:Douglas Hamilton, Oh, Great King, Don't be Angry...9.jpg, Oh, Great King, Don't be Angry...9 CHAPTER II. - Wolves, Wild Dogs, Boars, Mongoose, Small Game Shooting #Wolves Watching Antelope...19 #Wild Dogs ( Cuon rutilans)...25 # Mungoose and Cobra...28 #Rather a Stopper...31 #A Brave Boar...33 #The Lesser Florikin (Syphcolides auritus)...36 #The

Bengal Florican The Bengal florican (''Houbaropsis bengalensis''), also called the Bengal bustard, is a bustard species native to the Indian subcontinent, Cambodia, and Vietnam. It is listed as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List because fewer than 1,00 ...

(Spyheoides bengaleiuis)...36 Image:Douglas Hamilton, Wolves Watching Antelope...19.jpg, Wolves Watching Antelope...19 Image:Douglas Hamilton, Wild Dogs...25.jpg, Wild Dogs, (Cuon rutilans)...25 Image:Douglas Hamilton, Rather a Stopper...31.jpg, Rather a Stopper...31 Image:Douglas Hamilton, The Bengal Florican...36.jpg, Bengal Florican...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 from Paparawang...62 #Birdseye View of the Crater of the Bromo...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 The kris, or ''keris'' in the Indonesian language, is an asymmetrical dagger with distinctive blade-patterning achieved through alternating laminations of iron and nickelous iron (''pamor''). Of Javanese origin, the kris is famous for its disti ...

s ....78 . to face #After Deer,

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...84 #Curious Hat of the

Rusa Deer The Javan rusa or Sunda sambar (''Rusa timorensis'') is a deer native to Indonesia and East Timor. Introduced populations exist in a wide variety of locations in the Southern Hemisphere. Taxonomy Seven subspecies of the Javan rusa are recognis ...

in Java...89 #The Big Boar of

( Sus barbatus)...95 #Nests of a Diminutive Bee found at Labuan...96 CHAPTER V. -

Bears Bears are carnivoran mammals of the family Ursidae. They are classified as caniforms, or doglike carnivorans. Although only eight species of bears are extant, they are widespread, appearing in a wide variety of habitats throughout the North ...

#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 An ibex (plural ibex, ibexes or ibices) is any of several species of wild goat (genus ''Capra''), distinguished by the male's large recurved horns, which are transversely ridged in front. Ibex are found in Eurasia, North Africa and East Africa. ...

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 Image:Douglas Hamilton, The Old Saddleback...jpg, The Old Saddleback...124 Image:Douglas Hamilton, I Take Off My Shoes...127.jpg, I Take Off My Shoes...127 Image:Douglas Hamilton, A Close Shave...129.jpg, A Close Shave...129 Image:Douglas Hamilton, The Ibex Stalker...jpg, The Ibex Stalker..135 CHAPTER VII. -

Elephant Elephants are the largest existing land animals. Three living species are currently recognised: the African bush elephant, the African forest elephant, and the Asian elephant. They are the only surviving members of the family Elephantidae an ...

s #The Knowing Old Engineer...142 #Diagram for Elephant Shots...145 #I try to drive him Home...149 #Charging a Bull Bison, 20 September 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 The tiger (''Panthera tigris'') is the largest living cat species and a member of the genus '' Panthera''. It is most recognisable for its dark vertical stripes on orange fur with a white underside. An apex predator, it primarily preys on u ...

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 Image:Douglas Hamilton, Baffled...164.jpg, Baffled...164 Image:Douglas Hamilton, Mid-Day Siesta...jpg, Mid-Day Siesta...192 Image:Douglas Hamilton, I staring at him, and He Glaring and Growling...197.jpg, I staring at him, and He Glaring and Growling...197 Image:He stood to Listen, I Looking the Other Way...jpg, He stood to Listen, I Looking the Other Way...205 Douglas Hamilton, Attacked by bison

CHAPTER IX. - The Bison of Southern India The Unheeded Warning

#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 Image:Douglas Hamilton, Plunge knife in bison.jpg, I Plunged My Hunting Knife Into His Side...243 Image:Douglas Hamilton, Head of bull bison.jpg, Head of bull bison...236 Image:Douglas Hamilton, Dimensions of Bison horns.jpg, Dimensions of Bison horns...238 Image:Douglas Hamilton, Axis Deer.jpg, Axis deer, Trophy Antlers...279 CHAPTER X. - #''The Sambur'' buck and doe...252 Douglas hamilton, Sambar bucks & does

#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 The chital or cheetal (''Axis axis''; ), also known as the spotted deer, chital deer, and axis deer, is a deer species native to the Indian subcontinent. It was first described and given a binomial name by German naturalist Johann Christian Po ...

...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 Clarke Cleghorn of Stravithie (9 August 1820 – 16 May 1895) was a Madras-born Scottish physician, botanist, forester and land owner. Sometimes known as the father of scientific forestry in India, he was the first Conservator of F ...

. Several of the drawings were

lithograph Lithography () is a planographic method of printing originally based on the immiscibility of oil and water. The printing is from a stone (lithographic limestone) or a metal plate with a smooth surface. It was invented in 1796 by the German a ...

ed 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: Douglas Hamilton, Alan, Foot of the Poonachy Pass - Crossing the Torakudu River

Douglas Hamilton, Alan, Foot of the Poonachy Pass - Crossing the Torakudu River

;Plates: :# Forest Chart, facing title page. :# I. The usual way of loading a country cart with a squared beam. . . .facing 70 :# II. Mischief caused by the carpenter-bees in a log of Chebulai...facing 71 :# III.

Bamboo Bamboos are a diverse group of evergreen perennial flowering plants making up the subfamily Bambusoideae of the grass family Poaceae. Giant bamboos are the largest members of the grass family. The origin of the word "bamboo" is uncertain, bu ...

& The formation of a ghat in lieu of the rude timber slip. . . . facing 75 :# IV.

Teak Tree Teak (''Tectona grandis'') is a tropical hardwood tree species in the family Lamiaceae. It is a large, deciduous tree that occurs in mixed hardwood forests. ''Tectona grandis'' has small, fragrant white flowers arranged in dense clusters ( pan ...

. . . . 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.') . . . facing 289 :# IX. Foot of the Poonachy Pass, Crossing the Torakudu River. . .290 :# X. Ancient

Cromlech A cromlech (sometimes also spelled "cromleh" or "cromlêh"; cf Welsh ''crom'', "bent"; ''llech'', "slate") is a megalithic construction made of large stone blocks. The word applies to two different megalithic forms in English, the first being an ...

.. . 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 Image:Douglas Hamilton, Alan, Carpenter Bees.jpg, II- Mischief caused by Carpenter-bees...71 Image:Douglas Hamilton, Alan, Bamboo.jpg, III- Bamboo & The Formation of a Ghat...75 Image:Douglas Hamilton, Alan, Teak tree.jpg, IV- Teak tree...107 Image:Douglas Hamilton, Alan, Teak tree, A.jpg, V- Teak tree...108 Image:Douglas Hamilton, Alan, plate IX- Carrying Firewood.jpg, VI- Natives Carrying Fuel...146 Image:Douglas Hamilton, Alan, Panorama of mountain range from this village.png, VIII- Panorama of mountain range from this village...289 Image:Douglas Hamilton, Alan, X- Ancient Cromlech.jpg, X. Ancient Cromlech. . . 292 Image:Douglas Hamilton, Alan,XI- Tangachi and Akka Mountains.jpg, XI- Tangachi and Akka Mountains...292 ;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 or a

full beard A beard is the hair that grows on the jaw, chin, upper lip, lower lip, cheeks, and neck of humans and some non-human animals. In humans, usually pubescent or adult males are able to grow beards. Throughout the course of history, societal at ...

. He is almost always shown holding his rifle and facing to the right. These self-portraits are cropped from drawings in ''Records of Sport...'': Image:Stepheb Douglas, Portrait, He was upon Me at Once...jpg, Douglas Hamilton, He was upon Me at Once, 1844 Image:Douglas Hamilton, Portrait, Heels over Head, 1856...jpg, Douglas Hamilton, Heels over Head, 1856 Image:Douglas Hamilton, Portrait, Tables Turned, 1856...jpg, Douglas Hamilton, Tables Turned, 1856 Image:Douglas Hamilton, Portrait, Attacked by bison.jpg, Douglas Hamilton, Attacked by bison, 1856 Image:Douglas Hamilton, Killeyor portrait.jpg, Douglas Hamilton at Killeyor, 1861 Image:Douglas Hamilton with Sir Victor Brooke after Death of Tusker, 1863.jpg, Douglas Hamilton with Sir Victor Brooke after Death of Tusker, 1863 Image:Douglas Hamilton, Portrait, He stopped to look at me...jpg, Douglas Hamilton, He stopped... 1867 Image:Douglas Hamilton, Portrait, I Could Have Slapped His Face...jpg, Douglas Hamilton, I Could Have Slapped His Face.

References

{{reflist, 2 Hamilton, Douglas Archives in the London Borough of Camden Hunting Illustration 19th-century drawings