Note 491 — Chapter XXXIV · EYESS SAKER AND GAZELLE[491]

The late Sirdār Sher ʿAlī, the exiled Wālī of Qandahar, told the translator that in Afghanistan he used to fly eyess chark͟hs at gazelle, and he considered those nestlings the best that were taken from nests either on the ground or close to the ground. His theory was that only bold birds dared to build close to the ground, and that their nestlings were, from the egg, accustomed to the sight of jackals and foxes.