"JACKING" ANIMALS 109 



we did not see a single springhaas or a white- 

 tailed mongoose and only one fox, but while 

 "jacking," we killed several mongooses, six or 

 eight foxes, and a fine series of springhaas, 

 besides seeing many more of each. 



Difficult as it might seem, it was not long 

 before we were able to tell the different species 

 of animals by their eyes and their actions. The 

 constant bobbing motion of the springhaas 

 identified them at once. The foxes would peer 

 at the light, then the glare was lost as they turned 

 their heads and looked away, but a second later 

 it appeared again. Then we would lose it en- 

 tirely; but by shifting the light from right to 

 left or by advancing a few steps, we would again 

 pick up the eyes shining at us from another 

 quarter. The foxes were harder to approach 

 and were very restless, and sometimes we were 

 obliged to follow one about for half an hour 

 before we could get a shot. 



We discovered springhaas and foxes living 

 amicably together. Foxes are perfectly able to 

 kill jumping hare and quite probably do at 

 times; nevertheless we " shone" the eyes of both 

 of these animals at the same time, showing that 

 they must have been standing within a few 



