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by a heavy meal beforehand. They hunt in packs of about 

 a dozen strong, and resemble the wild dog in their methods 

 of hunting and general habits. 



The wild dog"* resembles a lanky collie in shape, the 

 colour being a foxey red in the Annamullays, and a 

 brownish-red further north and in the Central Provinces, 

 both having a black tag to the brush. When in packs, as 

 they generally are, they are very bold, and sometimes not 

 only killed our haylas that had been tied up for tigers, but 

 made way for us very reluctantly when we appeared on the 

 scene. Our shikaries were very loth to inspect the kills on 

 such occasions, stating that they would be attacked by the 

 dogs, which feared nothing, not even tigers. They hunt in 

 packs of about a dozen strong, and wherever they appear 

 the jungles will be found to be denuded of game, from 

 deer upwards. The natives all assert that when a tiger 

 finds himself unexpectedly among wild dogs, he feigns to 

 be dead, and they subject his body to various indignities ; 

 all shikaries of Southern India from the Central Provinces 

 to the Annamullays, of every caste and creed, unanimously 

 agree on this point. Their pups were not unfrequently 

 brought for sale into Cantonments, but owing to an 

 idea that their bite was invariably followed by hydro- 

 phobia, they never found a market. 



At Bangalore a brother officer bought a young hyena, 

 which grew up into a fine animal of its kind, and 

 apparently became quite tame ; until one morning, when 

 playing with it, his foot became entangled in its chain 

 and he fell to the ground, whereupon the affectionate 

 brute sprang on him at once, biting him savagely; but 

 an acquaintance who happened to be passing his compound 

 heard the noise, and, rushing in, rescued him with the 



* Cuon rutilans. 



