464) the hunting grounds 



Large Game. 



The following animals are to be met with in this 

 part : — The lion, the panther, the wild-boar, deer, 

 antelope, and the jungle-sheep ; also a kind of 

 mountain-deer. 



The Lion. — The best manner of pursuing this 

 sport is by tracking his footprints to his lair, and 

 killing him when he charges. The Arabs are fair 

 trackers, and will conduct the sportsman to his 

 usual haunts. Then everything depends on the 

 hunter's own steadiness, shooting, and the goodness 

 of his arms. 



The Panther. — This animal may be killed by 

 tracking, or hunted with dogs, that attract its at- 

 tention and give the sportsman opportunities of 

 taking fair aim. 



The ^Vild-hoar is found in great abundance. Ten 

 hunters, accompanied by people who know the coun- 

 try, may kill fifty in a day. Alone, they may not 

 see a tusk in a week. The boar avoids the neigh- 

 bourhood of the lion and panther. Hog-hunting 

 is followed in this country either by tracking, or 

 with greyhounds, on horseback, or by beating. It 

 remains for the English sportsman to ride down 

 the gray boar, spear in hand, as is done in India. 

 Hog are to be found close to the town ; they even 

 sometimes enter the gardens during the night. 



Deer are to be found of various kinds , they are 

 best killed by stalking. 



