CHAP. III. 



SHECARRIES METHOD OF CATCHING QUAIL, 



PARTRIDGES, JUNGLE FOWL, AND ALL SORTS 



OF BIRDS. INDIAN METHOD OF TRAINING AND 



KEEPING PIGEONS. SHECARRIE's METHOD OF 



CATCHING HARES, DEER. DISTURBED BY A 



BANDITTI OF THIEVES. KOONDAH RAJAH'S 



METHOD OF KILLING DEER. 



SHECARRIES are generally Hindoos of a low cast, 

 who gain their Livelihood entirely by catching 

 birds, hares, and all sorts of animals ; some of 

 them confine themselves to catching birds and 

 hares, whilst others practice the art of catching 

 birds and various animals; another description of 

 them live by destroying tigers. 



Those who catch birds equip themselves with a 

 frame-work of split bamboos, resembling the frame 

 of a paper kite, the shape of the top of a coffin, 

 and the height of a man, to which green bushes 

 are fastened, leaving two loop-holes to see through, 



