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placo anil was sticking in the nunith, tho jaw having been broken by the 

 Doctor's brave body guard. My wife set tho bone back and kept the 

 jackal tied up for several days and fed it on rice boiled in soup. In about 

 a fortnight the jaw bono set and tho animal was eating bones as usual, it 

 having made a wonderful recovery. lieing kept tied up in a dark room 

 away from flies, the back also healed and the animal was as lively as 

 ever. One day some months after, he was found lying dead in the hedge 

 in the garden and we supposed that a snake must have bitten him. 



Tho second two cubs 1 got, went mad and died. I think they were 

 bitten by a mad dog that came into tho compound. One of the cubs bit a 

 valuable Airedale dog I had, and he also died of hydrophobia. 



As regards the hares in the District. They have spread right down to 

 the Lemyethna Reserve which is right down in the southern end of the 

 District. I have found them right on the summit of the Arakan Yoma 

 hills at an elevation of 4,300 feet. 



The Burmese villagers kill numbers of hares at nights with the help of 

 " Oksoungs " lights carried in a conical shaped basket. One man carries 

 the light on his head and throws the light from side to side, at the same 

 time jingling tiny bells that he has tied to sticks, one of which he carries 

 in each hand. This is to drown the sound of the footsteps. Another man 

 carries a spear or a dah with which he kills the hare. I have seen four and 

 five brought in killed at night. The Burmans also kill deer and pig with 

 the help of these " Oksoungs." In the Delta they also spear alligators in 

 the same way, but here they go in a boat, the light being kept at the prow, 

 and no bells are used. A man stands behind the light with a spear in his 

 hand, whilst another man paddles the boat. 



C. W. ALLAN, 



Hexzada, Burma Forest Service. 



•24tth November 1916. 



Xo. III.— KATHIAWAR BLACK BUCK. 



When the minor Nawab Saheb of Junagadh was recently camping with 

 Mr. Sladen and ourselves at Una in the south of the State, he secured a 

 fine black buck with horns measuring exactly 25 inches, and giving a 

 spread measurement of 20 inches. I have heard of even better heads 

 being available on this side ; but during the past eleven years in Kathiawar 

 I have personally seen nothing shot with a better length of horn than 24 

 inches. I think the above head is worth recording as a Kathiawar trophy, 

 though no doubt better records have often been secured elsewhere in 

 India. I may mention that Mr. Sladen and I both together personally 

 Hieasured the length of horns very carefully from root to tip with a tight 

 tape ; and if we had followed the curves of the horns with the tape, the 

 length would have exceeded 2o inches. 



It may be worth recording that when we were recently moving camp in 

 the Gir, a forest orderly riding in front of ourselves at 8 a. m. spotted 

 a panther absolutely on the margin of the road in the grass. We had 

 ridden by this spot with our dogs the morning before and luckily we had 

 not them with us on this occasion. The panther when he saw the orderly 

 close to him, quietly decamped ending with a bound into the scrub jungle ; 

 but we were surprised at his bold and confident demeanour. 



H. D. KENDALL, i.c.s., 



Administrator, Junagadh State. 

 Camp Gir, 



^th December 1916. 



