SMALL GAME HUNTING WITH DOGS 



jungle ; they seem to be more silent there but give tongue 

 near the villages, and also wander about at all hours of 

 the day. 



In shape they are like well-built dogs of about 

 20-30 Ibs. weight, with rather foxy head and ears, and a 

 bushy tail. 



Colour generally a brownish-grey, somewhat reddish 

 about the muzzle and ears and outside of limbs ; tail grey 

 to reddish-brown, with black tip. 



Still another phase of " estate " hunting. Let us suppose 

 the dogs have gone into a small patch of bush or scrub, 

 and with frantic clamour chase their " find " round and 

 round and round, without a check or a break, running 

 almost all the time just inside the scrub, along the extreme 

 edge of it you may then " bet your boots " it is a mon- 

 goose. The instinct of these little creatures teaches them 

 that their only chance of escape is to make their way 

 through the thickest, most matted, thorny undergrowth 

 they can find, which is generally round the outside edge of 

 our lantana scrub, and through this the dogs push their 

 way, crawl on their bellies, wriggle under the branches, or 

 run round outside and in again, yelping, shrieking, gasping, 

 choking, coughing and sneezing, but, mad with excitement, 

 they stop at nothing, and chivey the miserable Herpes tes for 

 hours. They will seldom break unless another cover offers 

 very close, such as merely crossing a path, under which cir- 

 cumstances they sometimes nip across ; but they do occa- 

 sionally, if they hear no noise outside the cover, slip out, 

 run along the edge of the undergrowth for a few yards and 

 in again. A chance like this enables you to bag them occa- 

 sionally, as well as when crossing a path, but you have to 

 know where and when they will break, as they don't give 

 much time. 



