WOLVES. 49 



Wolves are found in all parts of India, but 

 I have remarked that they are most numerous 

 where there are no tigers panthers or leopards ; 

 in Ramghur they are very scarce. In the up- 

 per provinces ; at Cawnpore, fbttyghur Agra, 

 and Muttrah, they exist in great numbers; the 

 method by which they are caught is very 

 curious. A deep pit is dug,, and over it a kid 

 or lamb is suspended in a basket, with a pot 

 of water hanging above, having a small hole 

 in it, through which a drop at a time falls on 

 the kid, and makes it cry. The sound attracts 

 the wolves to the spot, and when they make 

 their spring at the bait, they fall into the pit 

 beneath; which is kept from their view by 

 being covered with loose green leaves. A 

 good drawing- and description of it may be 

 seen in Cap. Williamson's book. 



When I was stationed at Cawnpore, a wolf 

 had young under a Gentleman's pleasure 

 house in his garden, about a hundred yards 

 from my house. A child two years old be- 

 longing to one of my servants, was carried 



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