8o IN THE GUIANA FOREST. 



way, and it appeared ready to burst. A com- 

 panion suggested that the plate be withdrawn, 

 but Mr. Puppy snarled in a most ominous manner 

 when we tried to draw it away. No doubt it was 

 spoiled for hunting next day. 



Dogs go wrong sometimes ; they fail and must 

 have beenas applied up the nostrils or on the 

 muzzle. There is, however, a general mode of 

 renewing it when "off hunting." Two hollows 

 are dug in the ground about two feet apart and 

 connected by a tunnel. In the one is placed a 

 lot of hoofs, bones, and refuse of game animals, 

 together with a full supply of capsicums. This 

 is set on fire and when well lit partly covered, 

 so that the acrid, stinking smoke passes through 

 the tunnel to the other hole into which the dog's 

 muzzle is thrust until it collapses. Whether this 

 training be the cause or not, there is no doubt 

 that the Indian dog is very useful. 



Everything is done to prevent the dog from 

 being spoilt, even the women at certain periods 

 refrain from eating meat that has been hunted 

 by him under the notion that otherwise his powers 

 would be diminished. 



Although capsicums or cayenne pepper are 

 not, as far as we know, used alone as beenas, 

 there is something about their use which suggests 



