Big Game Shooting 



another in rough lines along the back and 

 flanks. 



The leopard frequents thick forests, and is 

 seldom seen or heard of till the evening and night. 

 The cheetah prefers more open jungle, not to say 

 thin bush, as he does more stalking to get at his 

 prey (finally catching the unwary one with six or 

 eight huge bounds) than the leopard, who waits 

 in a bush until something comes along — for choice 

 one's favourite spaniel. The serval is often to 

 be met with right out in the open in long grass. 

 The Nairobi foxhounds come across one fre- 

 quently, when it makes a bolt to some big tree 

 that is handy and shins up it in no time. 



Leopards generally do their hunting singly, 

 but not so cheetahs. On one occasion in Somali- 

 land I saw three of the latter together doing a 

 most diligent stalk towards a herd of antelopes. 

 Unfortunately they saw me and galloped off, other- 

 wise I should have been in for a very pretty sight. 

 I have heard of another case when five were seen 

 together, trotting along in single file, seeking for 

 something to devour. The native princes in 

 India use them for stalking blackbuck with. It 

 is, I am told, a very interesting and pretty sight 

 to watch. Those they use in India are not more 

 than half tame, and can never be altogether de- 

 pended on ; but the leopard, on the other hand, 

 like the bear, can never be tamed, so they say — 

 they are bound to turn savage before very long. 



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