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grown panther, why should not wild dogs do the 

 same to a tiger? However, I must leave this 

 point to be decided by better naturalists than 

 myself; but, for my own part, I confidently 

 believe that, even if they do not attack a tiger 

 with a view to killing and eating him, they do so 

 to bully him, and make him leave any game he 

 may have killed. 



The skin of a wild dog makes a handsome rug, 

 the fur being very thick in the cold weather, and 

 this, combined with the fact that he is an arrant 

 poacher, should always induce the sportsman to 

 have a shot at him whenever he has a chance. 



I believe they are untameable. My friend the 

 late General McMaster had one which he kept for 

 some time, and whom, on account of her dia- 

 bolical temper and untameable savageness, he had 

 named Evangeline ! Her wild instincts could 

 never, however, be subdued, and she eventually 

 died. 



c Hawkey e,' that charming writer previously 

 alluded to, gives the following graphic description 

 of a stag sambur being chased by five wild dogs, 

 and apparently escaping : 



' When they first appeared they were observed 

 spread out like a fan, and pressing the stag at his 

 best pace. It may, I think, be assumed that this 

 disposition of the pack is a matter of instinct, so 



