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Smith, L.F. 1816. An account of a hunting party of the late Nawab Usuf-ad-Dowlah. Asiatic Journal and Monthly Register 1: 539-542.

An account of a hunting party of the late Nawab Usuf-ad-Dowlah

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Location India Subject Distribution Species Greater One-horned Rhino (unicornis)

December 1793. Four months hunting party of Nawab of Oudh. Braech - Buckra Jeel - Faizabad - Lucknow. At Buckra Jeel below Goruckpoor hills. This area has rhinoceroses. [None were seen or killed, it seems]

NB. Same in: Smith L.F. 1806. A letter to a friend, giving an account of a hunting party of the late Nawab, Asuf-ud-Dowlah. Asiatic Annual Register 6 (Miscellaneous tracts): 12-16

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