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longer Ilian the body* marked above with large 
black spots, with very longhair on the under side. 
It inhabits India, and is said to be tamed and 
trained for the chace of antelopes ; it is carried 
in a small kind of waggon, chained and hood- 
winked, till it approaches the herd. When first 
unchained, it does not immediately make its at- 
tempt, but winds along the ground, stopping and 
concealing itself till it gets a proper advantage, 
then darts on the animals with surprising swiftness, 
and overtakes them by the rapidity of its bounds ; 
but if it does not succeed in its first efforts, con- 
sisting of five or six amazing leaps, it misses its 
prey ; losing its breath, and finding itself unequal 
in speed, it stands still, gives up the point for that 
time, and readily returns to its master. This spe- 
cies is called in India, chittah ; it is used for the 
taking of jackals, as well as other animals. 
Ounce. 
This species is of a strong make, has a long 
back and short spotted legs ; and is about three 
feet and a half in length from the nose to the tail ; 
the tail, full of hair, with large black spots, is 
upwards of three feet ; its head is large, marked 
with small round spots ; its ears arc short ; the 
hair on its body is long ; its colour ash, tinged 
with yellow ; behind each ear it has a large black 
spot ; the upper part of its neck is also varied with 
large single spots. The spots are small and 
roundish about the head, a kind of abrupt stripes 
along the back, variously shaped on the sides and 
limbs, sometimes with central spaces, and on the 
tail black and scattered. 
It inhabits Barbary, Persia, Hyrcania, and Chi* 
ca ; it is an animal of a more mild and gentle na- 
ture than most of the preceding, and is, like the 
