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which I bought in the country, while the 

 imported hounds were generally less satisfac- 

 tory in their first season. It is by no means 

 every foxhound that will enter to jackal ; and 

 all, I think, hunt better in their second or third 

 season. The latter, alas ! is about the limit of 

 time to which you can keep a foxhound in 

 workino- order, and vou must arrange to have 

 a draft each year to make up deficiencies. 



It need not be said that large packs are not 

 often kept up in India ; but then the jackal is 

 not seldom found in the open. From six to 

 fourteen couple is the number usually kept. I 

 prefer the latter, of course ; but have had very 

 good sport with the former number. If you have 

 much sugar-cane covert, a couple or two of good 

 terriers will be found very useful, as it is most 

 difficult to get the jackals to break from these, 

 and the canes cut the hounds terribly. The 

 best plan is to draw the coverts with tufters, 

 consisting of the terriers and one or two trusty 

 hounds. The rest of the pack, meantime, 

 should be taken to a little distance. Very 

 often one jackal, bolder than the rest, will 

 break away first. If the whole pack are in 

 covert, and there are other "jacks" there, they 

 will hang to those that remain. Scent is so 

 much better in covert than out, and it is so 

 impossible for whippers-in to get to hounds, 



