" , T h e iheep of India are covered with hair inftead o f wool,
except towards the very northern parts.
Mr four-horned ram, p. 39. E. is found at Affam, the tail is
fhort and pointed.
f A m o n g Lady Impey's drawings, I find what is infcribed the
Jbcml-goat with fmooth horns, with a fingle fpiral twift, and
between them a long tuft o f white hairs; face white, bounded
lengthways with a dark line, cheeks pale red ; hind part of the
head and neck, fore-part of the throat and the beard white,
reft of the hair black, all very long; ftrait ears, white and
pendent.
A n t e i o p i s . India, efpecially Bengal and Oude, abound in feveral elegant
fpecies o f Antelopes. Among them is the Algazel, N" 24, the
Hindoojlan, N° eft) a clumfy fpecies, with a hump on the ihoulders,
and the white-footed, N° 32. The laft is the Nilgau, or the
grey ox o f the Indians. It is a fart o f royal game, and a great
objeft of chaoe to the princes of the country. Bernier fays,
that they are driven into nets and killed with pikes, and other
weapons by the numerous Cbajfeurs. Aurengssebe ufed to pre-
fent the Ontrabs attendant on him with the quarters. The
following extrait from an agreeable traveller, gives a magnificent
idea of an Oriental hunt.
GiAND h»nt- “ T h e time chofen for the hunting party is about the begin-
“ ning of December, and the diverfion is continued till the heats,
« which commence about the beginning o f March, oblige them
“ to flop. During this time a circuit of between 400 and 600
“ miles is generally made, the hunters bending their courfe to-
“ wards the ikirts o f the northern mountains, where the country
“ is
G A N G E T I C H I N D O O S T A N.
is wild apd uncultivated. T h e Vifir takes along with him
not only his court and: feraglio, but a great part o f the inhabitants
o f his capital. His immediate attendants may amount
to abotit:20oo; but, befides thele, he is alio followed by 500
or 600 horfe, and feveral battalions o f regular fepoys, with-
their field pieces; the whole camp does not fall ihort of-
twenty thoufand men. Four or five hundred elephants are
alfo carried along with him, of which fome are ufed for riding,
others for fighting, and fome for clearing the jungles and
forefts o f the game. About as many fumpter horfes, o f the
beautiful Berfian andArabian breeds, are carried along with-
him. . A great many, wheel carriages.drawn by bullocks like-
wife attend, which: are ufed chiefly for the convenience o f the
women; fometimes he has alfo an Bnglijh chaife or two, and
fometimes a chariot; but all thefe, as well as the horfes, are
merely for ihow, the Vifir himfelf never ufing any other
conveyance than an elephant, or fometimes, when fatigued
or indifpofed, a palanquin. The animals ufed in the fport
are.principally grey hounds, o f which there may be about
30.0; he has. alfo. about 200 hawks, and a few trained leopawls
for hunting deer. There are a great number o f markfmen,
whofe; profeifion it is to ihoot deer, with many fowlers who
provide game, as, none of the natives o f India know, how to
Ihoot game. with, fmall iliot, or to hunt with flow hounds.
A vaft number of matchlocks are carried along with the conr-
pany, with many Rngli/h pieces, o f various kinds, 40 or 50
pairs o f .piftols, bows and arrows,, befides. fwords, daggers,
and: fabres without number. There are abb nets, o f various
I i 1 “ kinds,
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