THE JACKAL AND THE FOX. 



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the jackal who cries in this manner, baouegh ; and when they 

 hear him, will light fires or fire shots to keep off the lion or 

 robbers whom he is following. 



The baouegh is a great help while hunting a lion that 

 does not roar. Thanks to him, I have been able, without 

 leaving a ravine or ledge which overlooked the country, to 

 follow the movements of the lion for an entire night, to judge 

 of the douars which he had only menaced, and those that 

 had paid to him their tax, and finally to know of his return 

 in the morning to his lair. 



In the level open country, the jackal during the day retires 

 to the rocks and holes in the earth, or finds a quiet refuge in 

 the bushes or jungle. 



The Arabs hunt the jackal in the evening, or early in the 

 morning at their going out from, or return to the woods, or 

 during the day, by beating the bushes in order to make them 

 pass from one wood to another, letting loose the greyhounds 

 when they break cover. 



Though the jackal is not swift, the chase cannot but be 

 amusing, because he defends himself with courage ; in fact, 

 many greyhounds fear him more than the boar. 



I advise Europeans who have two or three couples of hunt- 

 ing dogs, and who hunt for the love of the sport, to put them 

 on the trail of the jackal, which they take in preference to 

 any other ; this hunt is the more agreeable as the chase lasts 

 frequently three or four hours ; the animal making great runs, 

 yet the hounds never get at fault. It is important before 

 starting him, to stop up his holes, as is practised in France 

 for foxes. 



