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my dogs, ran into as mentioned at page 47, certainly was so like a 

 wolf that I am not even now prepared to say he was not one. His 

 want of speed and the ease with which he was overtaken made me 

 at first suppose he was an over-gorged and gigantic jackal, when he 

 was caught, I fancied he was a wolf until the brands on the flanks 

 made me think he was a hybrid, the property of some villager, and 

 I called my dogs off accordingly. 



I often visited the spot again, but could neither in the plain nor 

 in the villages near, hear of, or see him. 



I do not think that I have ever heard the voice of a wolf ; the 

 other canines appear to be veiy noisy ; the detestable yell of 

 a jackal is known to every one who has been in an Indian canton- 

 ment ; while the sharp cheerful bark of the game little fox may 

 often be heard in the evening and sometimes during the night on 

 almost any plain from which they have not been banished by tank- 

 diggers and other poachers. 



No- 34- Canis Aureus 



JERDON, No. 136, PAGE 142 ; THE JACKAL, 

 Adverting to the black variety mentioned at page 142 of Jerdou, 

 I find in "N. Bailey's Dictionary, 20th edition, 1,770 ;" " Jackall," 

 a " black shag-haired beast which hunts out for the prey of the 

 " Lion." 



I have never during nine years passed in that country, heard of 

 a jackal having been found in Lower Burmah. They are to be 

 found however, but are not, I believe, at all common about " Thyet- 

 myo" and other stations on the Irrawaddy. 



Whatever the cry of the Bhalu" or " Kole," or " Phealall," 

 jackal may be caused by, the sound is as unearthly and melan- 

 choly a wail as any man need hear. Although it is mentioned by 

 Mr. Elliot and apparently accepted in good faith by so good an 

 authority as Lieutenant Rice, page 143 of Jerdon, I do not believe 

 the native legend that it is the cry of an old or worn-out jackal 

 accompanying a tiger to pick up a share of the spoil ; for jackals 



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