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purpose j but they are never thoroughly subdued 

 like the former, being usually brought to the field 

 in a carriage, and kept chained and caged until 

 they are shown the gazelle or the leveret^ which 

 is their prey. This they pursue rather by three 

 or four great springs, than by running. If they 

 seize it by this sudden effort, it finds no mercy j 

 but if it escapes from their first effort, they never 

 attempt to pursue, and appear quite disappointed 

 and confounded at their mischance. It some- 

 times happens that they are so much enraged at 

 it that they attack even their employer, and his 

 only resource to avoid their fury, is to throw them 

 some small pieces of meat which he has brought 

 with him for that purpose. 



The ounce, however, is not so dangerous, and 

 is treated with more confidence and familiarity. 

 It is usually brought to the field hoodwinked be- 

 hind one of the horsemen. When the game ap- 

 pears, the ounce is instantly uncovered, and shown 

 where it lies ; upon which the fierce creature darts 

 like an arrow to the place, and seizes it at once, 

 or, missing it, remains motionless on the place. 

 It would be vain to attempt retrieving its dis- 

 grace by continuing the pursuit ; for although it 

 bounds with greater agility than most other ani- 

 mals, yet it is slow and awkward in running, and 

 has no means of finding the animal it pursues by 

 the smell, as is common among those of the dog 

 kind. From hence, therefore, it appears how 

 much superior the European method of hunting 

 is to that of the Asiatic ; since whatever amuse- 

 ment this exercise affords must arise from the. 



