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fox, of a greyish colour, with large black 

 brushes to their tails, which are most times 

 tipped with white. They are beautiful ani- 

 mals,, and live chiefly on rats and mice, and 

 other small animals : afford excellent amuse- 

 ment to sportsmen, by being coursed with 

 grey-hounds. 



They having the power of turning remark- 

 ably quick, often baffle the dogs, and escape 

 to their earths, of which there are generally 

 three or four beds, \vithin a couple of miles ; 

 and for this reason they afford no sport in 

 being hunted with hounds. Jackals are the 

 game which English Gentlemen generally 

 hunt with hounds in India. 



Porcupines are common in most parts of 

 India, and live chiefly in earths, often under 

 old mud forts, or other ruins, and feed on 

 bulbous roots and herbs. I do not think 

 they ever afford any amusement to sports- 

 men; but they are sometimes, dug, or smo- 

 ked out of their earths; in doing which, there 

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