138 SHIKAR SKETCHES. 



often accompany me in my morning strolls in the 

 jungle, and presently I would miss her, only to be 

 guided, by her impatient whining, to a spot where 

 she had successfully c treed ' a spur-fowl. 



Whilst staying in Ceylon with my brother, he 

 had a large Scotch deer-hound and an Australian 

 kangaroo-hound that he was taking care of for a 

 friend. These dogs were often my companions 

 when out with my gun, and seemed to take a keen 

 delight in hunting for and finding spur-fowl and 

 the red jungle-fowl ; and it was a pretty sight to 

 see these huge and powerful dogs bounding up 

 on all fours above the coffee-bushes on the edge 

 of the j ungle, with ears cocked and quivering with 

 excitement, as some little spur-fowl dodged and 

 sneaked about almost under their feet. 



Like jungle-fowl, large bags of spur-fowl are 

 never made, as they do not exist in sufficient 

 numbers to allow of this, and their retiring 

 and dodgy habits often cause them to be passed 

 by. I do not think I ever bagged more than three 

 in a day. 



