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translation of whose work I have reviewed in 

 another volume/ enters in great detail upon the 

 mode of taming and training the Cheeta, as prac- 

 tised in his day, about a.d. 1348, deprivation of 

 food and sleep being the chief means employed. 

 Tippoo Sahib, the last Sultan of Mysore, who 



THE CHEETA. 



was killed at the taking of Seringapatam in 1799, 

 was, like most eastern potentates, an enthusiastic 

 sportsman, and kept no less than sixteen trained 

 Cheetas. Two of these were sent to England, 

 and were kept at Windsor until they died. 



This kind of sport is still practised in India, 

 ^Essays on Sport and Natural History, pp. 362-370. 



