HAWKS AND GREY-HOUNDS. 41 



diatety, when the hawk darls on them, arid obliges 

 them again to drop into the water, by which 

 means the sportsmen get many shots, and kill a 

 great number. 



They also have grey-hounds, which, although 

 not fleet, are naturally extremely savage, and are 

 rendered more so by being kept without food the 

 day before they are used. 



A Rajah in Bahar received as a present a 

 brace of large Persian grey-hounds, which he 

 took out on a sporting excursion with a party of 

 gentlemen, with a view of exhibiting their perfec- 

 tions. He slipped them after a jackall, and rode 

 off himself in the direction of the animal, halloo- 

 ing the dogs, who, mistaking the object intended 

 for them, attacked the Rajah's horse, and obliged 

 him to ride into a neighbouring river, up to the 

 horse's back, in order to escape from their attack, 

 to the great amusement of the gentlemen present, 

 and the Rajah's mortification. 



As Captain Williamson observes, it is very true 

 that the native gentlemen of India are rarely 

 expert at any active sport ; they consider it be- 



