112 FOXES AND PORCUPINES. 



when they have caught a deer, to induce them to 

 surrender it. They are then allowed to satisfy 

 their hunger, and are again blinded and chained. 

 I believe they seldom if ever kill more than one 

 deer with each cheetah or seeharghoosh on the 

 same day. Two are often loosened after the same 

 deer, but more frequently after two, or a herd. 



Foxes are numerous in all parts of India. They 

 are about half the size of the English fox, of a 

 greyish colour, with large black brushes to their 

 tails, which are most times tipped with white. 

 They are beautiful animals, and live chiefly on 

 rats and mice, and other small animals, and afford 

 excellent amusement to sportsmen, by being 

 coursed with grey-hounds. They, having the 

 power of turning remarkably quick, often baffle 

 the dogs, and escape to their earths, of which 

 there are generally three or four beds within a 

 couple of miles ; and for this reason they afford 

 no sport in being hunted with hounds. Jackalls 

 are the game which English gentlemen generally 

 hunt with hounds in India. 



Porcupines are common in most parts of India, 

 and live chiefly in earths, often under old mud 

 forts, or other ruins, and feed on bulbous roots 



