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more than four pounds of solid mutton every day, except that pre- 
ceding the day on which he hunts, when he is kept from food. 
“ I shall now describe the method of hunting with this animal : 
a reynkla, or Indian carriage, called by the English a hackery, as 
introduced into the drawing, is attached to the cheeta; on this cart, 
which is drawn by oxen, he leaps from custom without hesitation: 
he is then hooded, and his keeper, sitting by him, secures him by a 
string through his collar on the neck ; in this manner he is con- 
veyed to the scene of action, having a belt round his loins, the 
use of which will be hereafter explained. 
“ Antelopes are very common in the northern parts of Guzerat, 
and there is seldom any doubt of sport: when the game is descried, 
the sportsmen generally leave their horses and attendants, and get 
on hackeries, or country carts, like that of the cheeta, as being less 
likely to alarm the antelopes; all the followers on foot likewise 
keep close behind the hackeries; for, exclusive of the circumstance 
of frightening the game, the cheeta himself is apt to be alarmed, 
when carried out to a hunt, by a crowd, which he might disregard 
in the town; and so strongly has instinct implanted in him the fear 
of man, and the consciousness of his being obnoxious to him, that 
should a person appear at a distance in a line with the game, he 
will scarce ever run: but it should be remarked, that the introduc- 
tion of the horses and attendants is only a favour allowable after 
the game is killed. 
Every sportsman being thus mounted on his vehicle, they pro- 
ceed in pursuit of the antelopes; and the subsequent manoeuvres 
depend upon the nature of the country; if it is woody, or a forest 
scenery, the cheeta may be unhooded at any distance; for the asto» 
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