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appeared and went over another hill, still at the 

 same unwearied, relentless pace ; no babbling, no 

 contention, but acting on the dogged intention of 

 eventually running into their prey. 



" How they lob away ! " remarked Mackenzie, as 

 he turned to continue the journey. " One would 

 hardly imagine they could ever catch the chinkara 

 (gazelles). Yet I would back their steady, deter- 

 mined gallop in the long run." 



" I never saw so many together before," Norman 

 said. 



" Are they not gregarious, then, in India ? " asked 

 Hawkes. 



" We have seen just now that to some extent 

 they are," was the reply. " But, commonly speak- 

 ing, not more than a couple are seen together, 

 though I have heard that they do collect in a won- 

 derful manner for any common object. I daresay 

 only one or two began the chase we have been 

 looking at, and the others joined in as it went 

 on." 



" But wolves are not common in India, are 

 they ? " was Hawkes' next inquiry. 



" One does not come across many, certainly. You 

 may be years before you will see as many as we 

 have seen to-day. But they must be very numerous 

 in some districts. The number of deaths of children 



