ip 4 HISTORY OF QUADRUPEDS. 



grefles make collars of their teeth, and wear them as 

 charms. 



The (kins of thefe animals are brought to Europe, 

 where they are greatly efteemed. 



In India, there is a fpecies of Leopard, about the fize 

 of a large Greyhound, with a fmall head, and fhort ears : 

 Its face, chin, and throat, of a pafe-brown colour, in- 

 clining to yellow ; the body is of a light tawny-brown, 

 marked with fmall round black fpots, fcattered over the 

 back, fides, head, and legs ; the hair on the top of the 

 neck is longer than the reft ; the belly is white ; the tail 

 very long, marked on the upper fide with large black 

 fpots. 



This is the animal, mentioned in our account of the 

 Antelope, which is made ufe of in India for hunting that 

 and other beafts of the chace. — It is carried in a fmall 

 kind of waggon, chained and hoodwinked till it ap- 

 proaches the herd \ when it is unchained, and fuffered 

 to purfue the game. It begins by creeping along, with 

 its belly clofe to the ground, flopping and concealing it- 

 felf till it gets an advantageous fituation ; it then darts 

 on its prey with great agility, frequently making five or 

 fix amazing bounds. If it mould not fucceed in its firft 

 effort, it gives up the point for that time, and readily re- 

 turns to its matter. 



