THE JACKALS. 911 
Moslem dominions they remain entirely unmolested ; 
-but in British India they are occasionally coursed 
with greyhounds, or hunted with fox-hounds, and 
leaving a strong scent are readily run down, unless 
they can regain their earths, or mislead them in the 
jungles. Nevertheless, when at bay, the Jackal 
fights so desperately, and his snap is so severe, that 
it is usual to have them destroyed by terriers. They 
unite the cunning of foxes, and the energy and 
combination distinguished in the best trained dogs, 
with a tenacity of purpose surpassing both. When 
overpowered by superior force and resistance is 
vain, they affect to be slain, and lie simulating 
death ; but if they be thrown into water while in 
this state, they swim immediately. They emit a 
very offensive smell, not totally obliterated even in 
a domestic state, when they have been fed for a 
considerable period on rice, plantains, and other 
vegetables, as is usually the practice with the 
caution they saw a tiger with his eyes fixed upon them, one 
fore and one hind foot lifted, and his tail in a straight line be- 
hind him, evidently in an attitude of attention. Sinking their 
heads, they made a hasty retreat, but his foot marks were fully 
traced in the morning. The tales of the Jackal being the lion’s 
provider rest on the practice here mentioned ; what there may 
be of truth in them should be taken in a reversed sense, for 
although there is an instinctive impulse in these animals to 
follow the tiger and lion, uttering a peculiar cry, which many 
other mammalia may understand, it is evident that a Jackal 
would be always ready to feast on the leavings of the royal 
beast, which with the aid of his fine scent he can always 
escape, 
