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wild boar and the wolf are added to the list. See 

 Daniel's Rural Sports. 



The lion is hunted by horsemen on plains, and 

 large dogs are used to dislodge him from his haunts. 

 At the first sight of the huntsmen, he always endea- 

 vours to escape by speed, but if they anil the dogs 

 get near, he either slackens his pace, or quietly awaits 

 their approach. The dogs immediately rush on, 

 and, after one or two are destroyed, overpower him : 

 twelve or sixteen are a sufficient match for him. 

 The huntsmen keep together in pairs ; if they have 

 not a sufficient number of dogs, one of them, when 

 within reach of the lion, dismounts and aims at the 

 animal's heart ; he instantly remounts, and his com- 

 panion follows up the blow. In some parts of 

 Africa, when a lion is discovered, the whole sur- 

 rounding district is raised, a circle of three or four 

 miles is formed, and the party proceeds, always nar- 

 rowing the circle until the lion appears. He then 

 springs on one of the party, who generally succeeds 

 in killing him with a musket ball. 



One of the noblest sports in the East is hunting 

 the tiger, which is done in various ways, but chiefly 

 by a numerous company of sportsmen, with elephants 

 trained for the purpose, horses becoming ungovern- 

 able. When the retreat of the tiger is discovered, 

 every attempt is made to dislodge him; the search is 

 conducted with the largest and best trained elephant, 

 which discloses the presence of the tiger by a peculiar 

 kind of snorting and great agitation. The hunts- 

 men, who are mounted on elephants, discharge their 

 pieces, and, if the shot is not fatal, the tiger springs 

 upon his assailants, who are often in great danger. 

 Tigers are sometimes taken in traps, pits, or nets. 

 The other animals of the feline species the panther, 

 leopard, &c. are generally roused by dogs, and 

 killed with fire-arms or arrows. The animals of the 

 canine species, though less furious, are more cunning 

 than those above mentioned. 



The wolf has always been an object of human 

 vengeance : in the East, it is hunted by eagles trained 

 for the purpose ; in Europe, the strongest greyhounds 

 and other dogs are employed, and the chase is prose- 

 cuted either on foot or on horseback. It is, how- 

 ever, very difficult to run down a wolf, for it is 

 stronger than a dog, and will easily run twenty miles, 

 which, added to its stratagems, often renders the 

 pursuit abortive. Wolves are also taken in traps 

 and nets, though their vigilance and caution make it 

 difficult to deceive them. 



The most formidable animals of North America 

 are the white bear and the grisly bear. They are 

 ferocious, fearless, and extremely vivacious, and are 

 hunted with arrows or fire-arms. The bison is de- 

 stroyed by the North American Indians sometimes by 

 riding in among a herd, and singling out one, which 

 they wound with their arrows, until a mortal blow is 

 given ; or they drive a whole herd over a precipice. 

 When flying before the pursuers, the herd rushes on 

 with great rapidity, and it is impossible for the 

 leaders to stop, as the main body pushes forward to 

 escape the pursuit. The Indians nearly surround 

 them, and rush forward with loud yells. The 

 alarmed animals hasten forward in the only direction 

 not occupied by their enemies, and are hurled over 

 the precipice, and dashed to pieces. 



HUNTINGDON, SELINA, countess of, the second 

 daughter of Washington, earl Ferrers, was born in 

 1707, and married June 3, 1728, to Theophilus, earl 

 of Huntingdon. Becoming a widow, she acquired a 

 taste for the principles of the Calvinistic Methodists, 

 and patronised the famous George Whitefield, whom 

 she constituted her chaplain. Her rank and fortune 

 giving her great influence, she was long considered 

 as the head of a sect of religionists; and, after the 



death of Whitefield, his followers were designated as 

 the people of lady Huntingdon. She founded schools 

 and colleges for preachers, supported them with her 

 purse, and expended annually large sums in private 

 charity. She died June 17, 1791. 



HUNTINGDON, WILLIAM; a religious enthu- 

 siast, who attained some notoriety towards the end 

 of the eighteenth century. He was the son of a 

 farmer's labourer in Kent, and the early part of his 

 life was passed in menial service, and other humble 

 occupations. After indulging in vice and dissipation 

 for several years, according to his own account, he 

 was converted, and became a preacher among the 

 Calvinistic Methodists. He soon engaged in reli- 

 gious controversies, published a vast number of 

 tracts, and was regarded as the head of a peculiar 

 sect. He died in August, 1813, at the age of sixty- 

 nine. He was a man of some talent, though little 

 cultivated by education. His publications are very 

 numerous, and some of them contain curious details 

 relative to his personal history and religious ex- 

 perience. The titles of two may be mentioned as 

 specimens : The Arminian Skeleton, or the Armini- 

 ans dissected and anatomized (8vo); and the Bank of 

 Faith (8vo). After having lost his first wife by 

 death, he married the wealthy relict of Sir James 

 Sanderson, a London alderman, and passed the latter 

 part of his life in affluence. 



HUNTINGDON, HENRY OF, an ancient English 

 historian, was born towards the end of the eleventh 

 or the beginning of the twelfth century. He was 

 educated by Albums of Anjou, a learned canon of 

 the church of Lincoln. He composed a general his- 

 tory of England from the earliest accounts to the 

 death of king Stephen, in 1 154, in eight books, which 

 have been published by Sir Henry Saville. Towards 

 the conclusion, the author honestly acknowledges 

 that it is only an abridgment, and allows that to 

 compose a complete history of England, many books 

 were necessary which he could not procure. Mr 

 Wharton has published a letter of his on the contempt 

 of the world, which details many curious anecdotes of 

 the great men of his time. 



HUPAZOLI, FRANCIS; one of the few individuals 

 who have lived in three centuries. He was born in 

 1587, at Casal, in Sardinia, and died in 1702. At 

 first, he was a clergyman, and afterwards became a 

 merchant at Scio ; and, in his 82d year, he was ap- 

 pointed Venetian consul at Smyrna. He had five 

 wives, who bore him twenty-four children, besides 

 which, he is known to have twenty-five illegitimate 

 children. By his fifth wife, whom he married at the age 

 of ninety-eight years, he had four children. His drink 

 was water ; he never smoked, and ate little (princi- 

 pally game and fruit). He drank a good deal of the 

 juice of the scorzonera root, ate but very little at 

 night, went to bed and rose early, then heard mass, 

 walked and laboured the whole day to the last. He 

 wrote down every thing remarkable which he had 

 witnessed, in twenty-two volumes. He never had q 

 fever, was never bled, and never took any medicine. 

 At the age of 100, his gray hair again became black. 

 When 109 years old, he lost his teeth, and lived on 

 soup. Four years later, he had two large new teeth, 

 and began again to eat meat. During the latter 

 part of his life, he had, for almost thirty years, 

 monthly evacuations of blood. After these ceased, 

 he was afflicted with the stone, and frequent colds, 

 which continued until his death. He was of a mild 

 temper. His principal fault was his passion for the 

 other sex. Hupazoli was rich, and had but few 

 wants. 



HURD, RICHARD; an eminent English prelate 

 and philological writer of the last century. He was 

 born January 13, 1720, at Congreve, in Stafford' 



