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wlienever any person came within sight; it did so 
likewise when any food or drink was brought to it, 
and was so easily offended with a smell, or so cau- 
tious, that it would not taste the bi'ead which the 
Doctor offered, when his hand had touched oil of 
turpentine or spirits.* 
The Neel-Gliaii is hunted in Persia in the fa- 
vourite manner of pursuing large game in the 
east. “ The animals are enclosed with large nets, 
which are gradually brought towards each other, till 
they encompass only a small space. Into this the 
king, omerahs, and hunters enter, and kill them at 
pleasure, either with arrows, short pikes, sabres, or 
muskets, and sometimes in such quantities, that the 
king is enabled to send a portion of them in presents 
to all the omerahs.” -f- 
• Philosophical Transactions. 
-f Voyages de Franjois Bernier, ii. p. 225. 
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