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Central Provinces as far east as Seoni and Chanda, together with the 
Hyderabad territories and the Madras Presidency to a little south of the 
Kistna, Gazelles being found at Anantapur, south of Kurnool, and in 
Northern Mysore. 
For an account of the habits of the Indian Gazelle and the modes of its 
chase, we cannot do better than refer to the last edition of General Kinloch’s 
‘ Large Game Shooting,’ where they are described as follows :— 
“The favourite haunts of this Gazelle are extensive wastes of sandy or rocky ground, 
sprinkled with low bushes, and interspersed here and there with patches of cultivation. 
Thick jungles they avoid; and they are seldom to be met with in districts which are 
entirely under crop. During the daytime they resort to secluded spots where they are 
not subject to annoyance, and in the mornings and evenings they frequently repair to 
fields of young grain, sometimes ijn close proximity to villages. 
“Tn some places they are extremely wild, and can only be approached by the most 
careful stalking ; in other localities they are comparatively tame, and will allow the 
sportsman to walk openly to within easy range. At most times, however, they are 
restless little animals, continually on the move, and they have a provoking way of 
trotting off with a switch of their black tails the moment that they suspect danger. 
“On open plains the best way of getting within shot of them is under cover of a 
steady shooting horse. As they afford but a small mark, and seldom remain still very 
long, quick as well as accurate shooting is required, and beginners in the art of rifle 
shooting will find them excellent practice. 
«The officers of the Guides used to hawk the Gazelle in the neighbourhood of H6té 
Mardan, the Falcons used for the purpose being nestling ‘charghs’ (Falco sacer). 
Adult caught birds cannot be trained for this sport, and the nestlings had to be obtained 
from the distant province of Balkh by the assistance of some of the Kabul Sirdars. In 
the present state of our relations with Afghdnistén, the Falcons cannot be procured, and 
the sport has, for the present at any rate, died out. The hawks alone could not kill a 
Gazelle, but were assisted by greyhounds, which used to pull it down after the hawks 
had confused and stunned it by repeated blows. [regret that I never had an opportunity 
of witnessing the flight, which has been described to me as very interesting and 
exciting.” 
Dr. Blanford tells us that this Gazelle lives on grass and on the leaves of 
bushes, and, so far as he is aware, never drinks. ‘I have seen it,” he says, 
‘“‘in the deserts of Sind in places where the only water for twenty miles round 
was procured from wells ; and in spots in Western and Central India where, 
in the hot weather, the only water to be obtained was in small pools remaining 
in the beds of streams. But around these pools, in which the tracks of 
almost every animal in the forest was to be seen, I never yet saw the very 
