Lions, leopards, lynxes, panthers and bears are also specially mentioned among the large game; sometimes they were taken in pitfalls, sometimes speared by mounted horsemen.
If instead of being speared, he is caught by the hounds, he is soon worried to death by them, though frequently not before he has inflicted some severe wounds on one or more of the pack.
In Assam they are sometimes speared from boats, and in the Himalayas they are said to be ensnared by bird-lime.
Before long the Tornado gave an almighty roar as it speared into the sky, disappearing back to RAF Leuchars in Scotland.
As their fur is an important article of commerce, large numbers are annually killed, being either trapped or speared at the mouths of their holes.
