1 6 General Life, Amusements, etc. 



now. The Assistants check their steeds, and pause 

 to witness the end, which is fast approaching and 

 which will round off Master Jackal's days, poor fel- 

 low, right in that little bare patch of cultivated soil 

 glistening now a short way ahead of his labouring- 

 feet. Ha ! the big dog has him down ; a sideward 

 turn and one savage despairing snap of the teeth, 

 but never a cry, are all the Jackal's defence, and in a 

 white puff of dust, shot high into the sultry air, dogs 

 and jackal roll over together, and present a confused 

 mass of lugging and tearing legs and teeth, hot chok- 

 ing throats and fierce flaming eyes, till the body of 

 yet another "jack" lies bleeding and lifeless, torn 

 and mangled past recognition, on the bosom of its 

 mother earth. 



This amusement may be varied by an occasional 

 shooting excursion, or a race or hockey meet, or even 

 by worrying a cat in the reservoir ; but the latter 

 amusement for a dull afternoon will probably strike 

 the reader as being quite too refined and intellectual 

 to suggest itself to every one ; yet there are some 

 manly natures whose innate sporting instincts will 

 lead them to the pursuit of " game " under any diffi- 

 culties. 



The Assistant will find that, with a. little trouble, 

 and very little expense, he can make his factory- 

 home quite a snug little place. With everything 



