VI. General Account of the Survey

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After a brief halt in Calcutta to discuss with Dr. Roonwal {Director of the Zoological Survey of India and Secretary-General of the Indian Board for Wild Life) ways of assisting Nepal to stop any possible traffic of rhinoceros produce through India, I arrived at Katmandu by air on 15th March. There I spent six days before going into camp in the rhinoceros areas, which are a day's journey by road. This period was very usefully employed in making contact with officials and non-officials, and in obtaining information of every description. These contacts included : General Kiran, S.J.B.R. (Shumshere Jung Bahadur Rana), who is the present authoritative and acknowledged leader in all matters pertaining to sport and wild life in Nepal; Field Marshal Kaiser, S.J.B.R., who, though he has not visited the rhinoceros area since 1933, has a vast store of knowledge of shikar and natural history; Mr. Balarama Paul Baidya, Chief Forest Officer; Major Lok Bikram, in charge of elephants (Government and others); Captain Tej Jung Thapa, Circle Conservator; Colonel and Mrs. Proud of the British Embassy; Mr. N. Pal, Adviser on Forests, India Aid Mission ; and Mr. Boris Lissanevitch, of the Hotel Royal, who knows the rhinoceros area.