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they take off his chain and show him the game at a 
distance, whilst himself is in a covert, and he creeps 
along, and jumps upon the game by surprise. Third, 
Meharee, when they put the yuz in a covert, and 
drive his carriage towards the deer, which being 
frightened at it, fly to the quarter where the yuz is 
hidden, who springs upon the game and seizes it. It 
is impossible to describe the activity and subtle arti- 
fices of this animal. Sometimes he raises such a dust 
with his feet that he is entirely hidden under it, and 
he can bend himself so close to the ground as to be 
scarcely above the surface. Formerly they did not 
hunt with these animals more than three kinds of 
game, but now they take twelve different sorts. 
“ His Majesty ordered a skreen to be made, which 
is called Chuttermundel, and it serves as a hiding- 
place for the yuz. The hunters set up a noise, and 
drive the deer towards the skreen, from behind which 
the yuz springs out upon it. His Majesty liberally 
rewards the servants of this department, who may 
merit encouragement ; and there are also particular 
marks of favour bestowed upon the leopards, the rela- 
tion of which would run me into prolixity. The 
following astonishing incident occurred under this au- 
spicious reign. A deer contracted an intimacy with a 
leopard, and they lived and sported together ; but this 
particular attachment did not prevent the leopard from 
hunting other deer. Formerly they did not venture 
to let the leopard loose in the evening, for fear of his 
being untractable, or taking refuge in the woods ; now 
he is so well trained, that he will hunt as well during 
night as in the day-time. They used also to cover 
