About the Book: Hunters Friends: Selected Writings
Jim Corbett, ace hunter and inimitable raconteur, was also a gifted observer,
not just of the jungle but also of the people around him. In the seventeen
sketches included in The Hunters Friends, readers will meet the men and women
Corbett lived, hunted and worked with, both in Kumaon-Corbetts stomping grounds
for most of his life- and in Mokameh Ghat, where he was employed by the
Railways.
Kunwar Singh, intrepid poacher of the Kaladhungi jungles, tells young Corbett
the cautionary tale of his friend, who was taught a harsh lesson by a tiger
because he couldnt climb trees in