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SCENES IN INDIA. 
Akbar’s fondness for field sports, and his daring 
spirit in this dangerous amusement, will be shown in 
the following account by Abul Fazil, of the manner 
of hunting the yuz, or leopard. 
“ This animal, which is remarkable for its provi- 
dent and circumspect conduct, is an inhabitant of the 
wilds, and has three different places of resort. They 
feed in one place, rest in another, and sport in an- 
other, which is their most frequent resort. This is 
generally under the shade of a tree, the circuit of 
which they keep very clean, and enclose it with their 
dung. 
“ Formerly a large pit used to be dug, and covered 
with grass. This pit was called Ordee. When the 
yuz stepped upon the grass he fell into the pit ; but 
it frequently happened, that by the fall he broke a 
limb, or was bruised ; and sometimes he jumped or 
climbed out ; and seldom more than one was taken 
at a time. His Majesty has introduced a new me- 
thod. They dig a pit more than two or three guz 
deep, and place over it a trap-door, which admits the 
yuz as soon as he sets his foot upon it, and then 
closes upon him without doing him any injury. In 
this manner several are frequently taken together. 
Once a female yuz entered the trap, and being fol- 
lowed by four males, they were all taken. 
“ Sometimes his Majesty pursues a yuz on horse- 
back, till the animal is quite fatigued, and then lays 
hold of it, to the astonishment of the spectators. The 
following is also a method of taking them. They 
hang a number of iron rings, with snares, upon the 
trees under which the animals commonly resort, and 
