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the men now snggested placing something 

 in front of the hole as a bait ; I shot a 

 moonall pheasant for that purpose, and 

 whether or not tempted by this, one of the 

 little pups soon afterwards came out, and 

 was caught in the snare. We speedily 

 released it, and carried it to our bivouac; 

 but some hours passed away without another 

 following. I then removed the moonall, and 

 tied the one we had caught in its place ; its 

 cries soon brought out a second, which was 

 also caught in the snare, and two others 

 followed almost as fast as we could release 

 them. 



They were apparently about three weeks 

 or a month old, and readily eat flesh of any 

 kind. The four were taken to our huts, and 

 soon became quite tame and familiar, but 

 from after experience, I found that they are 

 domesticated far more readily when kept 

 separate. They are the most voracious little 

 things I ever saw, and when a little older, 

 the quantity of flesh they would devour was 

 perfectly astonishing. The tearing furious 



