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His Imperial Majesty's Shoot, Nepal 1911
George V with hunting party on elephants. George V stands in his howdah holding his gun. The elephants in the background are forming a "ring". The "ring" is a method of hunting peculiar to Nepal. The hunters mounted on elephants form a "ring" and move in on their quarry, which has previously been stalked and enclosed in the area surrounded by the ring.
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