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THE PORCUPINE. 



HUNTING THE PORCUPINE. 



attach to it a loner twisted withe. 



the same strong fancy for 

 hunting porcupines, but 

 are not so successful in 

 coming off without injury; 

 indeed, they often issue 

 from the combat covered 

 over with spines sticking 

 in their flesh. 



Captain Hardy gives us 

 an anecdote of the extra- 

 ordinary fancy the Indian 

 dogs have for hunting por- 

 cupines. One of these 

 dogs was quite blind ; and 

 yet, if the porcupine 

 '' treed/' the little animal 

 would sit down beneath, 

 occasionally barking to 

 inform his master where 

 lodofed the fretful one. 

 Another dog was not to 

 be beaten when once on a 

 porcupine. If the animal 

 was in its den, in he went, 

 and, if possible, would haul 

 it out by the tail ; if not 

 strong enough, his master 

 would fasten a handker- 

 chief round his middle, and 

 The dog would go in, and 



presently, between the two, out would come the porcupine. 



