2i 4 GUN, RIFLE, AND HOUND, 



title, there are no foxes. To the superficial observer 

 the above-named two sorts of foxes appear almost 

 similar. Both are very small, their bodies being about 

 the size of a large English rabbit. Both are light 

 gray in colour, with large ears and fine bushy 

 " brushes," that of the desert variety having a large 

 white " tag." Both are exceedingly swift. There are 

 two reasons why they are unsuitable for hunting. In 

 the first place, although they do not quite imitate the 

 unsportsmanlike precedent of the Indian hare in 

 popping into the very first hole they come to, they 

 are rarely found far from their own earths or those 

 of their brethren, into which they soon disappear. 

 The second reason is, however, still worse. What- 

 ever the reason, Indian foxes leave absolutely no 

 scent. I have seen foxhounds find one in a tiny 

 covert, and get away right on his brush, only to lose 

 him directly a swell of ground hid him from view. I 

 may say that when one handles them there is no foxy 

 odour perceptible. Still, remembering what a tremen- 

 dous scent the red deer and other "sweet-scented 

 beasts of chace " leave, one hesitates to accept this 

 as the reason. 



The jackal has neither of these disadvantages. At 

 least he does not go to ground nearly as often as an 

 English fox ; and the scent he leaves is as good as 

 climatic conditions and the nature of the ground will 

 admit. So well-known an animal requires little 

 description. Suffice it to say that he is rather larger 

 than a fox, with much longer legs and a much shorter 

 brush. In colour he is a yellowish gray, the fur in 



