Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, or the Central and Western Rajput States of India v3.c40.206

v3.c40.206

Rojh or Nilgae, Lions, etc.—The noble species of the deer, the nilgae, is to be met with in numerous parts of the desert ; and although it enjoys a kind of immunity from the Rajput of the plains, who may hunt, but do not eat its flesh, here, both for food and for its hide, it is of great use.² Of the other wild animals common to India they have the tiger, fox, jackal, hare, and also the nobler animal, the lion.