BLACKBUCK HUNTING 103 



to beating the record for that part of the 

 country. 



In this fashion we shot another pair of fine 

 blackbuck and then walked homewards. I 

 could easily have shot forty in one day in 

 Hyderabad. The beasts were carefully looked 

 after there, and were very tame and easy to 

 approach. 



The Indian princes have another form of 

 blackbuck hunting. To my taste it is un- 

 sportsmanlike, even barbarous. 



A species of panther called a cheetah is 

 captured when young and carefully tamed. 

 They are splendid animals, slender as thorough- 

 breds, strong-boned, with very keen eyes. 

 They are driven in ox- carts to the neighbour- 

 hood of the blackbuck and are let loose upon 

 them from a distance of about two hundred 

 yards. 



The first part of the drama passes so quickly 

 that it is difficult to follow the course of events. 

 I have had the matter carefully explained to 

 me, however, by some English hunters. The 

 cheetah spies the blackbuck. With a bound 



