nishing sagacity of llie animal curbing his impulse to run, on first 
getting sight, he leaps carefully off the cart, and creeps on with 
the greatest cunning from bush to bush, narrowly observing the 
game, and most artfully avoiding discovery. If by these means 
he can get within the distance of about seventy yards, he rushes 
forth at full speed, and seldom misses. This method is by far the 
most entertaining, as it discovers the animal in every point of view, 
and shews the extent and turn of his force and genius. 
“ If the cheeta finds that he cannot proceed undiscovered, or if 
he perceives the game to be alarmed, he crouches, and lies close to 
the ground; thus posted, the hackeries take a circuit, leaving the 
cheeta, and getting on the other side of the antelopes; and then, 
edging down, urge them towards the ambuscade, which if they 
pass within the distance of seventy or eighty yards, there is every 
reason to expect success. 
“ A third method is in a bare and open country, where we are 
frequently obliged to follow the game sometime before we can 
get within distance; in which case the huntsman studiously avoids 
getting to windward; and endeavours by traversing to force the 
antelopes to run across him, at which time the cheeta is most likely 
to follow them; for, although he may be previously within dis- 
tance, he generally hesitates, even when unhooded, to quit his cart, 
if the game is standing still, or looking towards him when he has 
no cover to conceal himself. But sometimes, with every advan- 
tage of distance, the cheeta will not run, and in this respect, so 
trying to an eager sportsman, he is very inferior to the dog, who 
never fails to do his utmost. When the cheeta resolves to exert 
himself, his velocity is astonishing; for although the antelope is 
