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2 sembles the English sheep, and is both handsomer and better thaa
3 that of India. Tlie Indian species, wiiich has not Uip tajt tail, is the
4 only sort in Sind and Seweestaun.
5 Goats are common in all the n^puntainoua parts of the country, and
6 are by no means scarce in the plains. Some breeds have remarkably
7 long and curiously twisted horns.
8 TTie dogs of Afghaiitiistaun deserve to be mentioned. The grey-
9 hounds are excellent i they are bred in great numbers, particularly
10 among ihe pastoral tribes, who are much attached to hnnting. What
11 k mm remarkablfi, punten leaemlilhig our own m ahape and qiift-
12 Utj, axe by no meana unoommon, though I cannot aacertain firom
13 whence the breed was procured. Tbey are called Khnndfle. I had
14 two, one of whidi waa a very fine one; and another gentleman had
15 one that would have been much admued in any oountiy.
16 The cats must also be noticed, at leaat the long-haired apedea
17 called Boorauk, as th^ are exported in great numbers, and every
18 where called Persian cata, thou^ they are not numeroua in the ootu^
19 try firom which they are named, and are seldom or never exported
20 thence.
21 A aimple enumeration may suffice for the few birds I can remem-
22 ber. Hiere are two or three sorts of eagles, and many kinds of
23 hawks ; among wliich are the gentle falcon, which is the best of all ;
24 the large, grev, short winged bird, called Bauz in Persian, and Kiizzil
25 in Turkish, which I believe is the fjoshawk ; the shauheen, which is
26 taught to soar o%'er the iiiiconer's ht ad, ;iiKl strike the quarrv as it
27 rises. The chirk, which is taught to strike the antelope, and to
28 fasten on its head, and retard it till the grey-hounds come up : and
29 several other kinds. Nor is there any want of game for liawking;
30 herons, cranes, and storks are common, as are wild ducks and geese,
31 swans, partridges, quails, and a bird whicli is called Cupk by the Per-
32 uana and Ai^hauns, and the hill Chichore by the Indians, and which
33 I undetatand ia known In Europe by the name of the Gredt P^v-
34 tridge. There ia a amiUer bird called Sooae^ whidi baa a reacm -
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