HUNTING ADVENTURES. 



CHAPTER XIII. 



MODE OF HUNTING THE INDIAN ANTELOPE. 



HUNTING quadrupeds with 

 JjPA the falcon or hawk ia 

 much practised in the East. 

 Several species of birds of 

 prey pursue and capture 

 quadrupeds in their wild 

 state ; and in Persia, India, 

 and Barbary, falcons and 

 hawks are carefully trained 

 for this purpose. The Indian Antelope is the most common 

 object of this sport. 



This animal has long, prominently annulated, tapering, plaited, 

 cylindrical horns, and inhabits Barbary. The hair near the 

 ' wns is longer than on any other part of the body. The female* 



