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of a somewhat sporting character and consists of 

 dogs of every breed, colour, and shade possible, from 

 the squab little bow-legged, half-bred, cur doggie to 

 the no less half-bred, lanky, big -jointed cross be- 

 tween a Rampore and a pariah dog, or a greyhound 

 and a kangaroo dog ; these last, by the way, being 

 the finest dogs for India. Notice being sent round, 

 each member contributes his chiens de chasse, boule- 

 dogue, settare, kangarow, or griound, as the case may 

 be, and then, hurrah ! for le sport. 



Mr. Jackal's haunts are pretty well known, and 

 towards the evening is the best time to find him, just 

 as he is issuing forth for his nightly rambles. The 

 mehters, or dogmen, follow in various stages of entan- 

 glement with their charges. When, at last, the scent 

 of wily "jack "is hit upon by some cur doggie of 

 more than ordinary nasal intelligence, and after much 

 slipping of collars bodily over dogs' heads, and there- 

 by half strangling some of the most eager, and a 

 variety of contrivances in the way of leashes loosened, 

 away streams the crowd, yelping, yahouping, yelling, 

 and barking, each one at the top of his throat, some 

 before, some behind, all howling their level best ; 

 the griounds and kangarows leaping like bony race- 

 horses gone mad amongst a flock of sheep ; the smaller 

 dogs rolling and tumbling over in their eagerness, 

 but scrambling up, and going in again barking 



