[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Dark Ages](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages) › [State papers](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin) › [Āʾīn-i Akbarī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari) › [The Ain i Akbari (Blochmann, Jarrett)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett) › 208.4 # The Institutes of Akbar 208.4 The Áín i Akbari (Blochmann, Jarrett) 208.4 - **Language:** English ### [208.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.208.4) Ajérah. The hunters tie green twigs round their bodies from head to foot, and similarly conceal their bows and arrows. They then move boldly to a place where deer generally pass, and enjoy the chase. Or they make ropes of deer skin, and attach them to trees, or let them hang down from poles all round about the place where wild deer sleep. They then lay down some nooses at a place situate against the wind. When the hunters shew themselves from the side, the deer are compelled to run towards the spot where the nooses lie, and thus get caught. Sometimes the hunter will take his place behind a tree, and imitate the voice of deer. As soon as deer approach him, he kills them. Or, they tie a female deer to a place in a plain, or they let a trained deer go to the pasture place of wild deer. The latter will soon come near it, and get entangled with their feet. Thagí. The hunter.... walks about bareheaded as if mad; his clothes are stained all over with pán juice, and the man himself acts as if he were wounded. Wild animals and others will soon gather round him, waiting for his death; but their greediness and desire lead them to destruction. - [Previous: 208.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.208.3) - [Next: 209](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.209) - [Up: 208](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.208) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.208.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.208.4) · Pramāṇa