THE doc; family 



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Indian plains as gaily as they would a 

 fox over the Hampshire Downs. The 

 meet is very early in the morning, as the 

 scent then lies, and riding is not too 

 great an exertion. The ground drawn 

 is not the familiar English covert, but 

 fields, watercourses, and old buildings. 

 A strong dog-jackal goes away at a 

 great pace, and as the ground is open the 

 animal is often in view for the greatei 

 part of the run; hut it keeps well ahead 

 of the hounds often for three or four 

 miles, and if it does not escape into a 

 hole or ruin is usually pulled down by 

 them. Major-General R. S. S. Baden- 

 Powell has written and illustrated an 

 amusing account of his days with the 

 fox-hounds of South Africa hunting 

 jackals. The local Boer farmers, rough, 

 unkempt, and in ragged trousers, used 

 to turn up smoking their pipes to enjoy 

 the sport with the smartly got-up English 

 officers. When once the game was 

 found, they were just as excited as the 

 Englishmen, and on their Boer ponies 

 rode just as hard, and with perhaps 

 more judgment. 



Photo hy L. Midland, F.Z.S.] [North Finihln 



TURKISH JACKAL 



This Jackal is common in both Turkey in Europe and in A.ni. Ngu ' 

 Constantinople it feeds largely on the bodies buried in the cemeteries at 

 Scutari 



Photo h A. S. Rudland £*• Sons 



MANED WOLF 



A South American animal ; its coat is a chestnut-red 



Jackals are said to be much increasing 

 in South Africa since the outbreak of the 

 war. The fighting lias so far arrested 

 farming operations that the war usually 

 maintained on all beasts which destroy cattle 

 or sheep has been allowed to drop. In parts 

 of the more hill}- districts both the jackal 

 and the leopard are reappearing where they 

 have not been common for years, and it will 

 take some time before these enemies of the 

 farmer are destroyed. 



The Maxi.h Wolf 



This is by far the largest of several 

 peculiar South American species of the Dog 

 Family which we have not room to mention. 

 It occurs in Paraguay and adjoining regions, 

 and is easily distinguishable by its long limbs 

 and large ears. It is chestnut-red in colour, 

 with the lower part of the legs black, and is 

 solitary in its habits. 



