CHAP. IV. 



A SHORT ACCOUNT OF HAWKING, - GREYHOUNDS, - 

 WILD HOGS, - WOLVES, WITH A PECULIAR ME- 

 THOD OP CATCHING THEM IN PIT-FALLS, - HYENAS, 

 WITH AN INSTANCE SHEWING THE POSSIBILITY OF 

 THEIR BEING TAMED. - SURPRISING QUALIFICA- 

 TIONS OF A SHECARRIE. DHOLES, OR QUIHOES, 

 A SPECIES OF ANIMAL NOT DESCRIBED BY NATU- 

 RALISTS. - BADGERS, - GOURS, - BUFFALOES, - 

 BEARS, AND ELEPHANTS. 



the native gentlemen of India, who are in 

 the least degree fond of sporting, keep hawks of 

 various kinds, and never travel without some of 

 them. The largest kind are trained to kill deer, 

 by pitching on their heads and picking out their 

 eyes: they also kill large water-fowl somewhat 

 like the heron; a sport affording considerable 

 amusement. Some are very small, and are only 

 used for killing small birds. Others are trained 

 to hover over ponds of water in which there are 

 wild fowl, which, on being fired at, rise imme- 



