CHAPTER XV. 



ANECDOTES OF DOGS ON SERVICE ABROAD. RUSSIAN SETTERS. 



444. Dogs for Hunting Bears in India. 445. Polygar Dogs for Hunting Wild Hog 

 in India. 446. Beaters in India ; the greater utility of Dogs. 447. Mongrel 

 Pointer in India which proved of great value. 448. Cross between Pointer and 

 Indian Dog recommended ; in Note, Arab Greyhounds. 449. Coolness neces- 

 sary in attacking large Game. 450 to 457. K g"s critical encounter with 



Elephant. 458. Sketch of Scene. 459, 460. Wounded Elephant. 461. Pot 

 shot at Bear to be potted. 462. Skull of Indian and African Elephant differs. 



463 to 467. M e bearding Lion in Den. 468. Hindu's estimate of courage of 



Europeans. Encounter with Wild Boar. 469. Strong Greyhounds for killing 

 Kangaroos in Australia. 470. Greyhound hunted with Falcon. 471. The Creole 

 Sportsman and admirable little Cur. 472. His good generalship with Wild Hog. 

 473. The moral of the Story ; in Note, Guinea chicks ; Guinea birds' eggs, 

 how taken. Cross with Muscovy Drake. 474, 475. Quantity of fish at New- 

 foundland. Dog Fishing. 476. Sir H dD s. 477 to 480. Newfoundland 



fetching back Fox. 481. Sir George B k, R.N. 482 to 488. His Terrier 



"Muta" leading him to Musk Bull. 489. His Sketch of the Scene. 490. Lord 



M f; the dogs "Captain" and "Suwarrow." 491. Dot-and-go-one, with his 



old Pointer. 492. How fairly done by "Captain." 493. Breakers, not dogs, in 

 fault ; they could be taught anything. 494. " Rap" (a Pointer) hunting covers 

 with Springers and Terriers. 495. "Shot" (a Pointer), on alternate days, hunt- 

 ing with Hounds and standing at Birds. 496. How accounted for. 497. Affec- 

 tion an incentive to exertion ; Dropper alternately pointing Grouse and Snipe ; 

 Grouse-dog to be rated when noticing Snipe. 498. Capital Dropper from 

 Russian Setter; difficulty of procuring Russian Setters. 499. Bet respecting 

 superiority of two Keepers in the Highlands ; how decided. 500. High-priced 

 ,dogs ought to be highly broken. 



444. BEARS of the common species which we often see led 

 about, are very numerous in the hilly districts of some parts of 

 India. In rocky, nearly inaccessible places, the natives hunt them 

 with a strong-set wiry dog. This dog is trained to watch for his 

 opportunity, and leap very high upon the chest of the bear, and 

 seize his throat. You would, perhaps, think this the most disad- 

 vantageous position which the dog could select, enabling Bruin to 

 crush nim in his powerful embrace. Not so. The well-instructed 

 creature draws himself up so high that the bear, in lieu of crushing 

 his ribs, merely presses his hips, and the bear's arms, instead of 

 injuring his opponent are often his best protection ; for the animals 

 frequently come rolling together to the foot of the hill, where the 

 hunters despatch poor Bruin with their spears. 



445. In other parts of India the natives chase the wild hog with 



