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And by this you learn that the Tibtal is a type of cattle, and between it and cattle are the mentioned differences. And there are people occupied with hunting animals, with no other craft for them. Each of them has prepared for this purpose equipment. As for the Tibtals, they use only dogs and traps for hunting. As for the blacksmiths, they devise methods. And among them is a group of the mentioned hunters, with no other craft for them. And they are of two types. Among them are those who specialize in hunting quadrupeds, such as gazelles, wild cattle, elephants, buffaloes, hyenas, lions, and the Harit, and the like. These gather in groups, each group of them consisting of five or six individuals. They come to the path on which dust and others pass when they come to water. They dig a deep pit in it, longer than a cubit, and they drive a stake into its center, a stake with a head like a snare. And they hunt weak numbers over the pit and lure them with bait. Then they cover the bait with earth. If elephants, lions, wild cattle, buffaloes, or the Harit come to it, they fall into that pit. The heavy ones fall on the stakes, and the one in the center enters the stake and is impaled, so it cannot move until

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