432 THE EASTEEN HUNTEES. 



attributed to them alone, in the Punjaub, is enor- 

 mous." 



" You see," observed Mackenzie, " we don't look 

 upon wolves as much in the way of ' shikar/ and so 

 we don't hunt for them perhaps, indeed, hardly 

 observe them sometimes, when, if they were more 

 in esteem as sport, we should note the circumstance. 

 But I remember once before seeing wolves hunting. 

 It was on the dead level of the Runn of Cutch, in 

 a large tract of grass-land called the ' Bunnee ; ' but 

 there were only two in chase." 



" It seems rather strange that wolves, and even 

 hyaenas, should be usually considered as beneath an 

 Indian sportsman's attention. No one ever thinks, 

 somehow, of securing their skins." 



"Why, the fact is, I suppose," said Norman, 

 " that there is so much game in this country 

 yielding handsomer trophies, and of better fighting 

 qualities. But, if not engaged in the pursuit of 

 other and more attractive sport, I always bag a wolf 

 or hyaena when I get a chance. The skin of the 

 latter is not to be despised. There are two sorts, 

 though the striped and spotted. I am not certain 

 if I ever came across the latter." 



" One of the neatest shots I ever made, was at 

 a wolf," Mackenzie said. " It was on the line of 

 marcli not on service, but moving from one station 



