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often killed by tame hunting leopards, which were taken 

 out on bullock carts driven by natives. When within 150 

 yards of the buck, the leopard was loosed and unhooded, and 

 usually overtook and killed his quarry within a few 

 hundred yards. It seldom exceeded 300 yards when 

 pursuing, and if unsuccessful, it would squat down and 

 sulk. This ground, named the Rumnah* was preserved by 

 the Nizam chiefly for this sport, and numerous herds 

 existed there, some stray bucks from which often crossed 

 the march into the Mowl Ali country, and afforded sport 

 to the officers quartered at Trimulgherry. The maidan 

 country about Beder and Kondelwaddy was also frequented 

 by antelope, and I once saw a herd of about one hundred 

 at the latter place. At Chamrajnuggar, near the scene of 

 Saunderson's Keddah operations, there was a variety named 

 the ring-horned antelope, of which, with much difficulty, I 

 secured a specimen a fair buck, but not the best one of 

 the herd, which consisted of seven individuals. t The 

 mountain antelope, a rare variety, exists on the Neilgherry 

 and Pulney hills. I never met one, but heard of two near 

 Pykara ; it is said to resemble a doe antelope in size and 

 colour, but has a longer coat, and is provided with very 

 short and sharp horns. The mouse deer is a pretty little 

 creature, about the size of a hare, of an olive colour with 

 a yellow stripe and markings along each side. They are 

 found in the Mysore and Annamullay forests, and are not 

 at all uncommon. In Burmah, the theming or brow- 

 antlered deer, is found in the large plains, lying near the 

 Setang river. They are by no means plentiful, and, owing 



* Lands on which the grass is allowed to grow long lor 

 thatching, &c. 



t I think it must have been a large chikara, the horns being 

 very similar to those of that antelope. 



