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i— and fowlers who provide game ; for 

 there are none of the natives of India who 

 have any idea of fhooting game with fmall 

 Ihot, or of hunting with flow hounds. He 

 is alfo furniilied with nets of various kinds, 

 fome for quail, and others very large, for 

 fifliing, which are carried along with him 

 upon elephants, attended by fiihermen, lb 

 as to be always ready to be throv/n into any 

 river or lake he may meet with on the 

 march. 



Befides this Catalogue for the fport, he 

 carries with him every article of luxury or 

 pleafjre -, even ice is transported along v/ith 

 him to cool his water, and make ices ; and 

 a great many cgrts are loaded with the 

 Ganges water, which is efteemed the beft 

 and lighten in India, for his drink. The 

 fruits of the feafon, and freili vegetables, 

 are fent to him daily from his gardens to 

 whatever diftance he may go, by laid bear- 

 ers, ftationed upon the road at the diflance 

 of every ten miles, and in this manner con- 

 vey whatever is fent by them at the rate of 

 four miles an hour, night and day, Befides 



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