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has tremendous speed for a short distance, and 

 he, Hke the hare, is full of dodges. For jackal 

 coursing I do not care ; the jack, though very 

 stout and endurino- before hounds, is not a 

 very speedy animal, and can scarcely stand up 

 before a good brace of greyhounds for more 

 than about two hundred yards. It is, however, 

 by no means every greyhound that will tackle 

 a jackal when he has run up to him, and many 

 will not do so at all. I remember once seeing 

 a ludicrous sio^ht. A friend of mine had 

 brought out a Scotch deerhound of imposing 

 size and appearance. It was of course decided 

 to see what he could do. The place where we 

 were was a dull little frontier station, and we 

 none of us had any good dogs. Accordingly 

 the new importation was taken out, and two 

 or three couple of fox-terriers soon found a 

 jackal for him. Away went the jackal over 

 the plain, away the great hound after him in 

 most approved style. Presently the dog over- 

 hauled the jackal. Up sat the jack on his 

 haunches showing his teeth, the dog sat up 

 too opposite him, but at a respectful distance. 

 We came up and halloed the dog on, then the 

 jack cleared out again, and again the dog went 

 after him, but when the jackal found himself 

 being caught he went through the same per- 

 formance, and the dog responded by sitting up, 



