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killing deer. He keeps a particular breed of 

 dogs, differing from any of the common dogs of 

 India, larger, and possessing an exquisite sense 

 of smelling. These dogs are trained to hunt deer, 

 and although it is reasonable to conclude that 

 scent will soon evaporate and die away in very 

 hot weather, I have heard the natives assert that 

 they take on the scent of deer many hours after 

 they have passed. In the hottest season of the 

 year, when water is every where scarce, the Ra- 

 jah , early in the morning, sends some of his people 

 with eight or ten of these dogs to the covers bor- 

 dering on water, where they seldom fail of get- 

 ting on the scent of deer ; they worry the poor 

 animals about the covers, until, when almost dead 

 with heat and thirst, they are obliged to go to 

 the water to drink and cool themselves ; there 

 the Rajah and his friends are stationed on plat- 

 forms, or concealed in some kind of ambush to 

 shoot them. 



