38 SHECARRIE'S METHOD OF 



sticks. It is wonderful to see how they drive 

 the hares to the exact spot where the nets are 

 set, being surrounded on every side by cover. 

 After they have beaten one side of the nets,, 

 they beat the other in the same manner, and 

 sometimes catch six or seven hares in a day ; 

 they however,, more frequently leave off after 

 catching three or four,, which is sufficient to 

 supply them with food for that and the next 

 day, and also with as much spirit as will make 

 them all drunk; for they sell the hares to the 

 natives at about the value of three-pence each, 

 but riot to Europeans under seven-pence or 

 eight-pence, their usual price being four annas 

 which is a quarter of a rupee ; a rupee is the 

 value of half a crown. 



If they see a hare in its form in a place where 

 they can run round it, and approach near 

 enough to take it up, they commence running 

 in a circle of about eight yards diameter, keep- 

 ing up an incessant shrill noise, dwelling as it 

 were on the same note, and lessening their cir- 

 cle gradually, with their eyes stedfastly fixed 



