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..... these princely hunts were perfectly sustainable.

So,

H0: Maharaja Cooch-Behar's hunts were destructive.
H1: Maharaja Cooch-Behar's hunts were sustainable.

If H0 is true, then the number or size of animals bagged would decrease over time, especially since we're talking about 40-year period. But the size and number of trophies over the years does not show an upward or downward trend, when considered against time spent hunting. Therefore, H0 is wrong, and H1 is correct.

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I think you have reached the proper conclusion, the hunting was sustainable --- in the time of Maharaja Jitendra Narayan Bhup Bahadur.

For 150 years before WW-II the population of India was fairly constant at approximately 250-300 million. After WW-II, the human population increased radically. It rose to 350 million by 1950, 600 million by 1975, 1 billion by 2000, and is currently over 1.3 billion. (historical population of India)

Jim Corbett was born in India in 1875 and lived there until his retirement to Kenya in 1947. Jim Corbett must have watched what was happening to the wildlife of India. Surely, he observed the increasing trend of habitat being destroyed and the encroachment of human population, a wholesale conversion of jungles into farms and cities. Corbett was not only a well known hunter but also a notable conservationist and a lifelong naturalist. The timing of his most ardent conservation efforts and the establishment of the India's first national park in 1936 correspond to the beginning of India's population explosion.

Maybe that's your next article.