INDIAN SHOOTING 



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Hun.' These veritable pests are found everywhere, and as 

 they hunt in large packs are most destructive to all kinds of 

 game, absolutely clearing out whole tracts of country, even 

 being credited occasionally with killing tigers, which, as 

 Sanderson points out, is by no means impossible if the tiger 

 attempts to run away, and they get a chance of making their 

 favourite attack from behind. He narrates two occasions on 

 which he saw deer eviscerated by one or two snaps from wild 

 dogs. They rarely, if ever, attack men, and are more like big 

 red jackals than dogs. The cubs are quite untamable, and are 

 the nastiest, most evil-smelling, vicious pets that heart could 

 desire. 



Measurements 



Authority 



:cmdale . 

 emdale . 

 crndale . 



erndale . 

 >lajor Ward 



Total length 



Tail 



Canis Lupus 

 ins. I ins. 



62 to 68 I 20 



Canis pallipes 

 52 I 16 to 18 



Canis laniger 

 68 I 20 



CUON RUTILANS 

 48 to 52 I 16 



60 



Height at shoulder 



ins. 

 30 to 32 



26 



30 



17 to 20 



Native 



XL THE STRIPED HYAENA {Hycena striata) 

 names: '■ Lakhar baghar'' generally ; ^ Rerha^'' Central India 



This is scarcely a sporting beast, but being destructive to 

 \ dogs is generally saluted with a shot if found by daylight, a 

 ing which does not often happen. The striped hyaena is a 

 ige brute, with tremendous power of jaw, which lives prin- 

 \ cipally on carrion, and will pick up a dog if found alone, though 

 : two or three dogs will easily beat it off. The hyaena has often 

 ^ been ridden down and speared, and shows little or no fight in 

 \ spite of its large teeth. Hyaenas are found all over the plains 



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