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to the bottom to wait for his prey, while the 
Others advance, and oblige it to leap from its 
retreats. For my part, I cannot credit thefe 
pretended aflbciations of animals of the tiger 
kind, all of which are accuftomed to live foli-. 
tarily, and to hunt each for himfelf ; nor have 
I feen any wild beafts, except the hysena, the 
jackal, and the dog, join with others of their 
fpecies, march in companies, and form fchemes 
of manoeuvring, either in the difcovery or pur- 
fuit of their game. 
The chace of the kainfi is very amufing. It 
is true, it is fcarcely poffible to hunt it down 
with dogs, as it foon efcapes them by means 
of its inconceivable agility, and gets out of their 
reach on the point of fome detached rock, 
where it will remain whole hours fafe from all 
puriuit, and fufpended, as it were, above the 
abyfs. But in this fituation it is excellently 
placed for the arrow or the ball of the huntf- 
man ; who is commonly certain of fhooting it 
at pkafure, though he is not always able to 
come at it when killed. 
I have often been pleafed with the exceffive 
aftivity of the kainfi, and once in particular 
was witnefs to a moft aftonifliing inftance of it. 
3 Iwas 
