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settle upon one of them. The best fun is to be had 

 by intercepting a jackal and laying the pack on as he 

 slinks home across an open plain at daybreak. Then, 

 if the pack be well selected, and there are a few 

 hounds and terriers to throw their tongues when the 

 jackal is lost sight of, some good gallops may be 

 enjoyed. Probably, for the man who desires to ride 

 hard, and to whom the hunt is little and the gallop 

 much, this is the best form of jackal-hunting. 



I once kept a small bobbery pack consisting of 

 two or three couple of foxhounds bought from a 

 native gentleman, a spaniel, a couple of fox-terriers 

 and a mongrel. The spaniel was invaluable : he had 

 a perfect genius for finding a jackal, and if there 

 was one in a patch of covert he invariably went 

 straight to the place and roused him. A dog of 

 great intelligence, he was silent at first, but he learned 

 from the hounds to throw his tongue after a time. 

 But I fear he was sadly mortified, when the run really 

 began, to find himself left behind. The hounds, ot 

 course, were far too fast for him. The terrier had a 

 most excellent nose, and carried a line over a bad 

 bit of scenting ground in a wonderful way. The 

 hounds trusted her, and would fly to her sharp 

 ' yap yap ' as readily as to the deeper challenge of an- 

 other hound Many a pleasant morning and evening 



