220 IN THE INDIAN JUNGLE. 



of puppies from a cross with a half-bred Poligar. 

 When she was big with pup, she disappeared for 

 some time, and it was thought that a leopard had 

 carried her off. Some of the servants declared, 

 however, that they saw her about at night. 

 In a little time the fowls began to disappear 

 mysteriously. Nearly every morning a good fat 

 hen would be missing. The servants were set 

 on the watch, and Junglee, as the bitch was 

 called, was soon seen in the act of seizing a 

 hen and running off in the direction of a 

 large stack of timber. A careful search was 

 made, and a burrow ten feet in length, driven 

 clean under the timber, was discovered. The 

 timber was removed and the burrow dug out, and 

 six pups about three weeks old were discovered 

 among a heap of feathers. Junglee had to be 

 chained up, as she several times made attempts 

 to carry off and conceal her pups. I secured one 

 of the pups ; he turned out a large and powerful 

 dog, double the size of his mother, but with all her 

 keen powers of scent and alertness of movement, 

 and with the shoulders and weight of his Poligar 

 father. He was one of the best sporting dogs I 

 ever had, and was an invaluable companion in 

 the jungle. He always gave notice of game long 

 before it could be seen, by a peculiar low whine, 

 which could not be heard more than a few yards off, 

 and by the erection of the hair along his back. His 

 only failing was want of voice, as he would never 

 give tongue when following a scent, or even when 

 he brought the game to bay ; but this was soon 



