176 Hunting E/tabliJhment of T'tppoo Sultaun, 



tawny brown ground. The cars, which are fhort and round, 

 are each marked behind with a broad dark bar; and the tail, 

 which is long, (lender, and fomewhat bufhy at the end, is 

 marked with four inch bars from the tip upwards. 



^thly, The laft and principal difference between the cheta 

 and leopard is in refpeel: to difpofition. The leopard is inca- 

 pable of being tamed, and always retains its fierce malevolent 

 habits. The cheta is eafily broken in, and trained for the 

 chace. I have never feen one, however, that could be faid 

 to be thoroughly tamed. It ilill retains fome fhare of its 

 natural ferocity and treachery, which it betrays by its reft- 

 leflnefs, the obliquity of its movements, and the duplicity of 

 its looks. It fuffers no one to approach it familiarly but its 

 keeper, and even he careflfes it with caution and diffidence. 

 It muft be led to the chace chained and hoodwinked ; and 

 all that can be expected from it, even when it has been care- 

 fully trained, is, that it mould return quietly to its keeper 

 when the chace is over. 



The fize of a full grown cheta is as follows : 



Fr. In. 

 Length from the nofe to the tail 3 8 

 Length of the tail - * 23 



Height at the moulder «■ 34 



Height at the rump - 2 3 



Mr. Pennant's description of the cheta (Hift. of Quadr. 

 vol. i. p. 284) is tolerably correct ; but his figure is a very- 

 bad one, and conveys a very erroneous idea of the fhape of 

 the animal. 



The chetas prefented to his majefty by the court of direc- 

 tors, were caught in the woods near Rydroog. They are 

 about three years old *, were trained at Seringapatam, and 

 have been frequently hunted by Tippoo Sultaun. 



Their daily food is fix pounds of mutton, with as much 

 water as they can drink. This allowance is fometimes varied 

 to three fowls. A mqffhla, or mixture of fpices, is given to 

 them once a day with their food, and ferves to keep them in 

 health and fpirits. 



Each cheta has two keepers ; and one cart, with two trained 

 bullocks, was fent at the fame time as a fpecimenof the carts 

 ufed at Seringapatam. The cart fent to his majefty was ac^ 

 tually one o? the fultaun's, and has frequently been ufed 

 by him ; and the bullocks were alfo part of his hunting 

 ■eftablilhment. 



Now about Jtir. 



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