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taking a few steps forward, to his no small astonishment he 

 found himself in the presence of a tiger surrounded by a pack 

 of wild dogs snapping and snarling at him, but at the same time 

 keeping well out of reach of the terrible fore-paw. The tiger 

 was lashing his tail from side to side and showing great excite- 

 ment, or, as I feel inclined to put it, ' funk.' He was stand- 

 ing with his back to the new arrival, and consequently did not 

 see him ; but, as he was no more than 30 yards disttint, my 

 friend wisely decided on beating a retreat, shortly returning, 

 however, with some of his friends, when they found the tiger 

 had disappeared, but the pack of wild dogs were feasting on a 

 sambur fresh-killed by the tiger. There was no mistake about 

 this, for the marks of the tiger's teeth were distinctly visible 

 in the throat of the deer. Ten dogs were counted, but there 

 might have been, and probably were, more. This is certainly 

 a proof that wild dogs will attack a tiger, not for the purpose 

 of killing him, but to drive him away from his prey. Though 

 the wild dog does not throw his tongue when in chase, beyond 

 giving a low tremulous whimper, yet he will bark and howl 

 at night, as most sportsmen who have shikared in the East 

 know full well. By no means a shy animal, he is at times 

 even bold and saucy in his demeanour. As a dog he is 

 decidedly handsome, and as good-looking as the best collcy ; 

 but from a sportsman's point of view he is a decided scourge, 

 and we may rest assured that, looked at even from the most 

 favourable point of view, he is beyond doubt a most de- 

 structive poacher, and does infinite harm not only by the 

 numbers of game he kills, but by the numbers he scares away. 

 My parting advice, therefore, to all sportsmen is to slay Guon 

 Tutilans without compunction wherever they may meet him, 

 and by any means, whenever they have the chance." You 

 wall notice that this writer also makes comparison with the 

 shepherd's dog, although he must have been more conversant 

 with the forms and habits of sporting dogs. 



The scientific name for the domestic dog is Can is latrans, 

 or the barking dog, barking being its distinctive feature as 

 compared with other CanidaB — the wild dog, wolf, jackal, 

 fox, &c. 



