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seen a few terriers keep them at bay, and bite 

 them severely by the hind quarters; their 

 jaws, however, are exceedingly strong, and a 

 single bite, without holding on, more than a 

 few seconds, is sufficient to kill a large dog. 

 They stink horribly, make no earths of their 

 own, lie under rocks, or resort to the earths of 

 wolves, as foxes do to those of badgers, and it 

 is not uncommon to find wolves and hyenas in 

 the same bed of earths. 



1 was informed by several Gentlemen of 

 whose veracity I could not doubt, that Cap- 

 tain Richards of the Bengal native infantry 

 had a servant of the tribe of Shecarries, who 

 was in the habit of going into the earths of 

 wolves, fastening strings on them, and on the 

 legs of hyenas, and then drawing them out; 

 he constantly supplied his master and the 

 Gentlemen at the station with them, who let 

 them loose on a plain, and rode after them 

 with spears, for practice and amusement. 

 This man possessed such an acute and exqui- 

 site sense of smelling, that he could always 

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