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GANGETIC HINDOOSTAN. 



colleded his dogs from all countries ; the beft were thofe from 

 Cabuli/ia?7, northern dogs; mention is made of his gre-hounds. 

 I do not find that his majefty made any ufe of his kennel, which 

 feemed a matter of ftate. He hunted the Hon, the elephant, 

 and the l^uz, or hunting leopard, but more to lliew his impe- 

 rial courage, and his fkill in fliooting with the fufil or bow, 

 than from any pleafure he had in the difcipline of the pack. 

 His politic Vifier Abulfazel, is by no means fparing of his 

 eulogy (i. 196.) on the feats of his great mafter in the chace. 

 " It is," fays he, " impoflible for me, in my barbarous Hindoo 

 " dialed, to defcribe in fit terms the adlions of this inimitable 

 *' monarch." 



The EjigUjh fooliQily enough import into Bengal, at vaft 

 expence, packs of hounds, which are foon worn out by the 

 climate. They are landed in full health, but in about a month 

 they ufually perifli of a liver complaint. 



Yox. The fox of Bengal^ Hijl. ^ladr. i. N° 170, is fmall, of a light 



brown color, face cinereous, with a black llripe down the mid- 

 dle, and a white fpace round the eyes and middle of the jaws ; 

 the legs fulvous, the tail tipt with black. Its food is chiefly 

 roots and berries, and infedts. They have no fort of fcent like 

 the European, and do not exceed in fize a rabbet. They are 

 courfcd with gre-hounds, and afford molt excellent diverfion, 

 being fo fwift and fo nimble in turning as frequently to beat 

 the fleeteft dogs. 



Jackals. Jackals fwarm here, and all over India. They are intoler- 



ably foetid, and therefore the proper objects of chace. They 

 are ftout as an Engliffo fox, and afford excellent fport, which in 



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