Vlll PREFACE. 



iron spear, and preceded by a few half 

 naked and ragged slaves or peasants. 

 Such has been the change in a few years, 

 to which hundreds can bear testimony ; 

 and with this change, their pastimes and 

 amusements have fully corresponded. Mr. 

 Wm. Blane, formerly Surgeon to the A T a- 

 waub Vizier Asoph-Ul-Dowlah, of Luck- 

 now, published an account of that Prince's 

 method of sporting, as well as I can recol- 

 lect, about 27 years ago, which book I then 

 saw, but have not been able to procure 

 since my return to England. Captain T. 

 Williamson has also published a very 

 elegant and expensive work on the Wild 

 Sports of the East, but in this he describes 

 the sports principally as followed by Eu- 

 ropeans, which partake of the customs of 

 Europe and India, whereas, my account 

 of sporting is confined to the methods 

 pursued by the natives. To the last men- 



is not so regular in attendance on his master, and does not 

 always bear a badge of office. 



