Ui'i
ORIENTAL FIELD SPORTS;
BEING A COMPLETE, DETAILED, AND ACCURATE DESCEI11ION OF THE
WILD SPORTS OF THE EAST;
A N D EXHIBITING, IN A NOVEL AND INTERESTING MANNER, THE
NATURAL HISTORY
s OF THE ELEPHANT. THE RHINOCEROS, THE TIGER, THE LEOPARD, THE liEAR, THE DEER, THE BUFFALO, THE WOLF, THE WILD HOG, THE JACKALL, THE
WILD DOG, THE CIVET, AND OTHER UNDOMESTICATED ANIMALS r AS LIKEWISE THE DIFFERENT SPECIES OF FEATHERED GAME, FISHES, A.ND SERPENTS.
THE WHOLE INTERSPERSED WITH A VARIETY OF
ORIGINAL, AUTHENTIC, AND CURIOUS ANECDOTES,
WHICH RENDER THE WORK REPLETE WITH INFORMATION AND AMUSEMENT. THE .SCENERY GIVES A FAITHFUL REPRESE.S'TATION OF THAT PICTURE.SQUE
COUNTRY, TOGETHER \'\TTH THE MA.NNERS AND CUSTOMS OF BOTH THE N.ATIVE A.ND EUROPEAN INHAllIIAXTS. THE NARRATIVE IS DIVIDED INTO
FORTY HEADS, FORMING COLLECTIVELY A COMPLETE WORK, BUT SO ARRANGED THAT EACH PART IS A DETAIL OF ONE OF THE
F O R T Y COLOURED ENGRAVINGS
WITH WHICH THE PUBLIC,ITION IS EMBELLISHED.
T H E WHOLE TAKEN FROM THE MANUSCRIPT AND DESIGNS OF
CAPTAIN THOMAS WILLIAMSON,
Who scn-ed up«-ards of TwciUy Years in Bengal;
T H E DRAWINGS BY SAMUEL HOWETT,
MADE UNIFORM IN SIZE, AND ENGRAVED BY THE FIRST ARTISTS, UNDER THE UIKECTTON OF EDWARD ORME.
LONDON:
PRINTED BY WILLIAM BULMER AND CO. SHAKSPEARE PRINTING-OFFICE,
FOR EDWARD ORME, PRINTSELLER TO HIS MAJESTY, ENGRAVER AND PUBLISHER,
BOND-STREET, THE CORNER OF BROOK-STREET.
1807.