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Between Pagan Myo in Upper Burma and a range of hills 

 to the east, I have seen wild pigs out feeding, and as the 

 ground was perfectly ridable I see no reason why pig-sticking, 

 the noblest of sport, should not be carried on there. 



WILD DOGS (Cants) 

 (Cuon rutilans) 



These are fairly plentiful in the country not subject to 

 wholesale inundation, but although closely allied to the wild 

 dogs of the neighbouring hills and other parts of India and 

 Assam, I do not think they are identical. A bitch McMaster 

 had and presented to the People's Park, Madras, was a nasty, 

 savage brute very offensive ; and neither in size nor looks to 

 be compared to her kin in the Wynaad. 



Dr. Mason also mentions another variety of wild dog in 

 Karennee. D'Oyly heard of them too, and after a great deal 

 of trouble two were brought to him by some Karens. They 

 were hairy something like skye-terriers ; in size about a 

 medium-sized spaniel, black and white in colour. They used 

 to dig out holes on the side of an embankment, crawl in 

 backwards, and lie there perdu, with only their ferrety eyes 

 and sharp-pointed noses visible. They were quite young 

 when D'Oyly got them, but they would never allow themselves 

 to be petted or handled. They eventually escaped, and we 

 were never able to replace them. I got another dog from 

 Karennee, but it was only one of the ordinary pariahs of the 

 East; it had a very good nose, and would hunt fairly. In 

 Assam I have frequently seen them in the Dooars. 



JACKALS 

 (Canis aureas) 



These are not found in Lower Burma, although a few 

 exist near Meaday and Prome on the frontier. In Assam 

 they are in thousands. My colleague will be able to say 

 whether they are in Upper Burma. Everybody has heard 



