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See also:CHEETA (See also:CHITA) , Or See also:HUNTING-See also:LEOPARD (Cynaelurus jubetus, formerly known as Gueparda jubata), a member of the See also:family Felidae, distinguished by its claws being only partially retractile (see See also:CARNIVORA). The cheeta attains a length of 3 to 4 ft.; it is of a See also:pale fulvous See also:colour, marked with numerous spots of See also:black on the upper See also:surface and sides, and is nearly See also:- WHITE
- WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
- WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
- WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
- WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
- WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
- WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
- WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
- WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
- WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
- WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
- WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)
white beneath. The See also:fur is somewhat crisp, altogether lacking the sleekness which characterizes the fur of the typical See also:cats, and the tail is See also:long and somewhat bushy at the extremity. In confinement the cheeta soon becomes fond of those who are See also:kind to it, and gives See also:evidence of its See also:attachment in an open, See also:dog-like manner. The cheeta is found throughout See also:Africa and See also:southern See also:Asia, and has been employed for centuries in See also:India and See also:Persia in hunting antelopes and other See also:game. According to See also:Sir W. See also:- JONES
- JONES, ALFRED GILPIN (1824-1906)
- JONES, EBENEZER (182o-186o)
- JONES, ERNEST CHARLES (1819-1869)
- JONES, HENRY (1831-1899)
- JONES, HENRY ARTHUR (1851- )
- JONES, INIGO (1573-1651)
- JONES, JOHN (c. 1800-1882)
- JONES, MICHAEL (d. 1649)
- JONES, OWEN (1741-1814)
- JONES, OWEN (1809-1874)
- JONES, RICHARD (179o-1855)
- JONES, SIR ALFRED LEWIS (1845-1909)
- JONES, SIR WILLIAM (1746-1794)
- JONES, THOMAS RUPERT (1819– )
- JONES, WILLIAM (1726-1800)
Jones, this mode of hunting originated with Hushing, See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king of Persia, 865 B.C., and afterwards became so popular that certain of the Mongol emperors were in the See also:habit of being accompanied in their sporting expeditions by a thousand hunting leopards. In prosecuting this See also:sport at the See also:present See also:day the cheeta is conveyed to the See also:- FIELD (a word common to many West German languages, cf. Ger. Feld, Dutch veld, possibly cognate with O.E. f olde, the earth, and ultimately with root of the Gr. irAaror, broad)
- FIELD, CYRUS WEST (1819-1892)
- FIELD, DAVID DUDLEY (18o5-1894)
- FIELD, EUGENE (1850-1895)
- FIELD, FREDERICK (18o1—1885)
- FIELD, HENRY MARTYN (1822-1907)
- FIELD, JOHN (1782—1837)
- FIELD, MARSHALL (183 1906)
- FIELD, NATHAN (1587—1633)
- FIELD, STEPHEN JOHNSON (1816-1899)
- FIELD, WILLIAM VENTRIS FIELD, BARON (1813-1907)
field in a See also:low See also:car without sides, hooded and chained like hunting-birds in See also:Europe in the days of See also:falconry. When a See also:herd of See also:deer or antelopes is seen, the car, which bears a See also:close resemblance to the See also:ordinary vehicles used by the peasants, is usually brought within zoo yds. of the game before the latter takes alarm; the cheeta is then let loose and the See also:hood removed from its eyes. No sooner does it see the herd, than dropping from the car on the See also:side remote from it sprey, it approaches stealthily, making use of whatever means of concealment the nature of the ground permits, until observed, when making a few gigantic See also:bounds, it generally arrives in the midst of the herd and brings down its victim with a stroke of its paw. The sportsman then approaches, draws off a bowl of the victim's See also:blood, and puts it before the cheeta, which is again hooded and led back to the car. Should it not succeed in reaching the herd in the first few bounds, it makes no further effort to pursue, but retires seemingly dispirited to the car. In Africa the cheeta is only valued for its skin, which is worn by chiefs and other See also:people of See also:rank. It should be added that in India the name cheeta (chita) is applied also to the leopard.
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