THE BLACK-BACKED JACKAL 47 



On another occasion I was just too late to see another of these 

 jackals which had taken unto itself as a companion a " pariah " 

 dog. These two were well known to the Somalis, and used to 

 hunt together. The dog, which had formerly belonged to some 

 Midgan hunters, had been beaten and driven from the karia, 

 so became wild. I tried hard to come up with this quaint pair, but 

 they had disappeared into the bush. They are practically omni- 

 vorous. I have seen them greedily catching and devouring locusts. 

 They do not appear to be quite so noisy as C. variegatus. 



