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(3) Animals living in thick bush have the sense of hearing developed far 
more than the other organs ; evolution again. 
(4) Individual cases of any one animal confuse the judgment with re- 
ference to the whole. Shikaries by keeping totally out of sight, or perfectly still 
when sighted, suitably clad and having suitable foot wear and being careful of 
dry twigs, etc., need have no fear of being scented. 
I have bored you to tears by now, but I do hope that many more articles like 
the one by Mr. Stuart Baker may appear in your Journal as they do give pleasure 
and instruction to a mere ‘““Ghooming ” nature worshipper like myself who knows 
no long latin names nor wishes to read the learned quibbles of the men of science 
but who loves God’s creatures great and small and when filled with a good dinner 
of buck is far more contented than if he had pushed a long new name on to some 
poor lowly bug. 
HUGH COPLEY. 
NaGPour, 
24th May 1921. 
No, II.—PANTHERS AND ARTIFICIAL LIGHT. 
I have read accounts in your Journal of panthers returning to kills beside 
which a lamp had been placed, but do not remember having seen any account in 
which a panther had actually killed an animal tied up beside a light. I located a 
panther in a smal] hill near here and tied up a goat, but as the panther failed to 
turn up before dark and as the moon rises late, also having no electric light, [ 
decided to have another try on the following afternoon, and tie the goat up 
nearer the entrance of its cave. To do this however I had to dig a pit, as there 
was no cover anywhere that I could sit behind, and bushed it in. I decided to 
sit up till the moon rose but as there would be about 3 hours of darkness, I was 
afraid the panther would haye time to kill the goat and eat it before I got a 
chance of even seeing it, so I left word that a lantern should be brought and 
placed about 15 yards from the goat as soon as it was dark, and should be 
removed again as soon as the moon rose. 
At about 7-15 p.m., the lantern was accordingly placed near the goat. 
At 8-15, the goat which was lying down, got up and became very uneasy and 
soon after the panther rushed in and seized it, lying, facing the lantern, holding 
the goat by the throat. This is a panther that seems to have practically made 
this hill its home, and lives on anything it can pick up in the surrounding villages, 
and so has probably got pretty well accustomed to lights. I am wondering if a 
panther that lives more in the jungles would be as bold; I know of men who have 
a lantern hung up near their horse when camping in places where there are panth- 
ers in order to protect their horse. It does not look as though this is of 
much use, at any rate so far as the domesticated variety is concerned ! 
The panther was a female measuring. 6 feet. 
C. B, BEADNELL. 
VELLORE, NortH Arcot District, 
25th June 1921. 
No, I1I1.—THE FOOD OF THE SMALL INDIAN CIVET (VIVEREI- 
CULA MALACCENSIS) IN CAPTIVITY. 
On the 24th March 1920, a fully adult civet of this species was caught by my 
coolies while cutting wheat and»I have kept it ever since. Blanford quoting 
Jerdon says: ‘* Jerdon had several which caught rats, squirrels and birds. ’” 
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