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remedied by giving him a pariah dog as a com- 

 panion. This was a most cowardly brute that 

 would not approach within twenty yards of any 

 animal brought to bay by Tiger (the half-breed 

 dhole), but he barked most vociferously, and thus 

 gave notice of the whereabouts of Tiger and game. 

 Tiger would attack anything under the sun, if 

 ordered to do so a snake or an elephant, it was 

 all the same ; he knew no fear. He was only 

 wounded on one occasion, and then by a mongoose. 

 He, too, always directed his attacks on the same 

 place as did the dholes, and, like them, he was 

 without voice, beyond an occasional whine. 



In a former chapter I gave an account of the re- 

 markable powers of swimming of the larger grey 

 variety of wild dog. On that occasion, the reader 

 will remember, a couple of these creatures breasted 

 the Koel river when in flood, and kept ahead of a 

 dug-out paddled by two powerful boatmen. What 

 was more astonishing still, they did this even down 

 stream, and kept up the pace for over a mile, diving 

 on several occasions to avoid my shots. The tails 

 of this variety are extremely long, with a large 

 tuft of strong hair at the end. This they use as 

 a kind of propeller when swimming. It also 

 enables them to turn readily in the water, and is 

 of material use when diving. I don't know 

 whether this kind of dhole hunt by scent or 

 merely course like the greyhound. That they 

 have means of communicating with each other, 

 and can concert a regular plan of attack, is 

 evident from the following incident. 



