104 BLACKBUCK HUNTING 



like lightning he flashes over the ground and 

 falls upon his prey. One blow of the paw and 

 the quarry is brought down. The cheetah 

 seizes him by the throat. Then he drains 

 the blood and does not leave his victim until 

 he is glutted. 



As I said, I took a dislike to this grisly 

 performance and did not care to repeat it. 

 It is only fair to say that the fleet, graceful 

 movements of the attacking cheetah are well 

 worth seeing from an artistic point of view. 



Their task accomplished, the cheetahs are 

 driven home in triumph, each curtained in his 

 own cart. He can only be employed in this 

 way once in the day. 



In some parts of India blackbuck are hunted 

 on horseback with spears. I can well imagine 

 that this is first-rate sport. 



