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" another wood favored the stag, and on his reappearance two of 

 " the dogs alone followed at a long interval, so it is to be hoped 

 " the stag escaped.* At another time, a gentleman saw a pack in 

 " chase of a sambur close to him, and noticed that the dogs, in 

 " their rushes at the deer, attempted to seize the animal at the 

 " flank ; and we can well understand how easily, with their 

 " peculiarly sharp fangs, they are enabled to tear through the flesh 

 " and skin, causing the entrails to protrude, and thus soon despatch 

 " their victim. On this occasion, after pulling down the deer, two, 

 " if not three, of the pack paid forfeit with their lives, from the 

 " rifle of the looker-on. 



" Usually these dogs are only seen at dawn or dusk. I have 

 " only fallen in with them occasionally ; once near the Pykara 

 " waterfalls some years ago, on reaching the crest of a very abrupt 

 " slope down by the river, I saw a hind cross within shot, alarmed, 

 " but not by me, her gaze being directed below. As she reached 

 " the sholah close by, I observed a movement down by the river 

 " bank ; at the same time the piercing whistling kind of cry, 

 "which young sambur make, reached my ears, and then my 

 " shikaree as well as myself, saw a number of red animals rush 

 " hither and thither in great excitement. We hastened down, 

 " guided by the mournful cry of the calf, which ceased as we 

 " approached. A hurried shot scattered the pack of dogs, and 

 *' with the second barrel I broke the leg of one, but he escaped. 

 " There were about a dozen in all, and they took refuge in a wood 

 " at the water's edge. We searched for the calf, but failed to find 

 " a vestige of it, and I know not whether it was killed and eaten 

 " before I dispersed its enemies or eventually escaped. In the low 

 " country, where cover game is plentiful, the wild dogs abound. 

 " When at Bandipore, on the road to Mysore, some ten or twelve 

 t{ years ago, at a time that spotted deer were very numerous in 

 " those jungles, we constantly saw wild dogs in pursuit of the 

 " game, and a deer I had hit they half demolished for me. A like 

 " occurrence happened to me with an antelope, when a wolf joined 

 " in the chase with two of my dogs, and pulled down the deer, 

 " which he had nearly half-devoured before I reached the spot. 



* This is the case mentioned at page 53. VAGRANT. 



