2 ;8 IN THE INDIAN JUNGLE. 



went into the verandah facing the servants' quarters. 

 The moon was slightly obscured with clouds, so 

 that objects in the open could be seen, but not 

 very distinctly. Hooseearee was barking loudly, 

 when again the unearthly yell of the pheeall was 

 heard, this time just in front of the servants' 

 quarters. This was too much for flesh and 

 blood, and Hooseearee gave chase. Instead of 

 making for the jungle, which was near at hand, 

 the pheeall made for some logs of timber lying in 

 the open. As soon as the black dog in pursuit of 

 the pheeall neared the timber, swift as a flash 

 of light the cheetah was on him and seized him 

 by the back of the neck ; a single bark of agony 

 and Hooseearee was no more. I fired twice at 

 the cheetah, but he was off like a bird, carrying 

 the body of the dog with him. It looked as if 

 it were all planned out by the cheetah and the 

 pheeall ; the latter was to decoy the dog out, and 

 run in the direction of the logs behind which 

 the cheetah was concealed. I cannot conceive 

 any other reason why the pheeall should have 

 run to the logs instead of to the jungle. 



After the loss of Hooseearee I had all my 

 dogs shut up in a godown at dusk every evening. 

 On several occasion I was awakened by the furious 

 barking of the dogs, and generally found signs 

 in the morning that the cheetah had tried to enter 

 through a barred window. After several attempts 

 to break in this way he gave it up, as he found 

 iron bars too hard for even his powerful teeth. 

 But one day three of my dogs accompanied 



