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CHEETA STALKING ANTELOPE. 



quite unfit for ears polite, If the cheeta succeeds in his last 

 spring, he appears to strike the antelope somewhere about the 

 hocks, knocking him down, and in an instant he has him by 

 the throat, and flinging one paw over one of the horns, holds 

 him till the keeper comes up and cuts the antelope's throat, 

 catching the blood in a cup, this is given to the cheeta, who 

 greedily laps it up, and is then hooded and put on the cart, 

 ready for another chase. 



I noticed that the cheeta never penetrated the throat of 

 the antelope with his teeth, though the victim lay so still that 

 it appeared to be dead. I suppose it was perfectly paralysed 

 with fear. I do not know whether this is always the case. 

 The keeper told me this one never bit its prey ; he also said 

 that no hunting leopard was any good for the chase unless he 

 had killed antelope when in a wild state. 



CHEETA STALKING ANTELOPE. 



There is another mode of hunting with this animal 

 namely : showing him the antelope a long way off and letting 

 him stalk them ; it is most interesting to see how well he does 

 it, taking advantage of the grass or a bit of uneven ground, 

 and in this way working up close to the herd ; but it is often 

 very tedious watching him, as he will lie perdu for a long 



