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about six months old, it caught the distemj)er 

 from the village dogs and died. 



From observations I made upon this 

 occasion, and the year following, when the 

 wild dogs again bred near the same place, 

 I am led to believe that the females always 

 pup where many are collected together, and 

 remain in their vicinity until the young ones 

 are able to follow them in their wandering 

 life. This is further confirmed by the 

 testimony of the villagers, who have occa- 

 sionally found their breeding-places under 

 almost similar circumstances. 



Wliere their holes are numerous, and at 

 no great distance from each other, they 

 would appear to take theii* pups from one 

 to another, almost as soon as they can run, 

 probably to be a little nearer some animal 

 they may have killed. It would also appear 

 that at this time they hunt animals purposely 

 for theu' young, and unable to carry a heavy 

 carcase any distance, over such rough ground, 

 they perseveringly hunt it fi'om place to 

 place, till they force it to the spot where 



