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or provider as it is commonly called, always goes 

 before the tiger : in the instance I have related, 

 he followed the tiger, which I have also seen him 

 do at other times. Whether he is induced to 

 follow the tiger for the sake of coming in for 

 part of the booty, or whether it is from instinct, as 

 small birds follow a bird of prey, I cannot say. 

 Evidently his ciy is different from what it is at 

 other times, which indicates danger being near, 

 particularly, as, whenever that cry is heard, the 

 voice of no other jackal 1 is, though at every other 

 time of the night, they are calling in all directions : 

 nor is that particular call ever heard in any part 

 of the country where there are no large animals 

 of prey. 



Dogs are not of much use for shooting in the 

 Ramghur district; they more frequently drive 

 the game from, than towards you. The method 

 I generally followed was nearly the same as I 

 have before described for driving animals into nets. 

 I took with me from ten to a hundred people, 



Cowah, a crow, Chieel, a kite, Hooloo, an owl, Bahaare, 

 a sheep, &c. &c. 



This strongly impresses the mind with the probability of 

 its being a primitive language. 



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