CHAP IV 



A SHORT ACCOUNT OF HAWKING, GREY- 

 HOUNDS, WILD HOGS, WOLVES, WITH A 

 PECULIAR METHOD OF CATCHING THEM 

 IN PITFALLS, HYENAS, WITH AN IN- 

 STANCE SHEWING THE POSSIBILITY OF 

 THEIR BEING TAMED, SURPRISING QUA- 

 LIFICATIONS OF A SH EC ARRIE, DHOLES, 

 OR QUIHOES, A SPECIES OF ANIMAL NOT 

 DESCRIBED BY NATURALISTS, BADGERS 



GOURS,- BUFFALOES, BEARS, AND 



ELEPHANTS. 



ALL the native Gentlemen of India who are 

 in the least degree fond of sporting, keep 

 hawks of various kinds,, and never travel with- 

 out some of them. The largest kind are 

 trained to kill deer,, by pitching on their heads 

 and picking out their eyes: they also kill large 

 water fowl somewhat like the heron, a sport 

 affording considerable amusement. Some 

 are very small., and are only used for killing 



