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this hot climate is very fliort. The fportfmen take the field 

 at break of day, but they are obliged to return foon after fun- 

 rife. The jackals are generally turned out, being caught by 

 the Hindoos for that purpofe. Thofe people are wonderfully 

 .expert in imitating the voice of all forts of beafls and birds. 

 They mimic the fqueal of a hare feized by a Jackal, which brings 

 together the whole troop, moft of which falls into a net laid 

 for that purpofe. 



Ongole, the extreme northern diftri6t of the Carnatic, is Wolvej. 

 much infefted with wolves, — N* 159, large and fierce as thofe of 

 Europe. I am indebted to Mr. King/cote for the account of this 

 and the two following animals. 



The ftriped Hycena, the Cherruk of the Indians, — N" 177, in- Hyaena. 

 habits the clefts of rocks not remote from Madras, whence they 

 prowl out at night, and deceive mankind by their voice, fimilar 

 to the human, but particularly to that of children, by which 

 fometimes perfons are deluded within their cruel reach. 



Bears, of the fame fpecies as the European, are not unfre- Bears. 

 quent in Coromandel. 



M. de Buffon makes (vol. v. tab. xxxiv. p. 226.) a great mif- 

 take in giving the beautiful fpotted dog of Dalmatia, vulgarly 

 called the DaniJJj dog, to Bengal, no other kind is to be found 

 in that province than the curs I have mentioned. 



I HAVE fpoken of the lion and the pantherine animals. The Feune. 

 leopard, — N° 182 ; the lefler leopard, — N' 183; and the panther, 

 — N° 181, inhabit the peninfula. The hunting leopard, — 

 N° 184, runs up trees, and makes great havock among the poor 

 monkies. 



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