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accustoming them betimes to fix upon that par- 

 ticular part ; for if it should happen that the fal- 

 con fixed upon any other part of ihe gazelle, either 

 its back or its haunches, the animal would easily 

 escape among the mountains, and the hunter 

 would also lose his falcon. 



They sometimes also hunt these animals with 

 the ounce. This carnivorous and fierce creature 

 being made tame and domestic, generally sits on 

 horseback behind the hunter, and remains there 

 with the utmost composure, until the gazelle is 

 shown ; it is then that it exerts all its arts and 

 fierceness : it does not at once fly at its prey, 

 but approaches slily, turning and winding about 

 until it comes within the proper distance, when 

 all at once it bounds upon the heedless animal, 

 and instantly kills it, and sucks its blood. If, on 

 the other hand, it misses its aim, it rests in its 

 place, without attempting to pursue any farther, 

 but seems ashamed of its own inability. 



There is still another way of taking the gazelle, 

 which seems not so certain nor so amusing as 

 either of the former. A tame gazelle is bred up 

 for this purpose, who is taught to join those of 

 its kind wherever it perceives them. When the 

 hunter, therefore, perceives a herd of these to- 

 gether, he fixes a noose round the horns of the 

 tame gazelle, in such a manner that if the rest 

 but touch it, they are entangled ; and thus pre- 

 pared he sends his gazelle among the rest. The 

 tame animal no sooner approaches, but the males 

 of the herd instantly sally forth to oppose him ; 

 and, in butting with their horns, are caught in 



