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jackal, who, in addition, had all the advantages of the offensive, would 

 by the rapidity of its movements have eventually exhausted its opponent 

 and obtained the opening it so hungrily sought. 



H. A. F. MAGRATH, Lieut.-Col. 

 KoHAT, December 1912. 



No. v.— TSAING (BIBOS SONDAICUS) FOUND WITH 

 VILLAGE CATTLE. 



The Tsaing will be noticed above with a smaU white cross above, the fourth 

 animal from the left. 



With reference to Mr. Hauxwell's letter, dated 26th February 1912, 

 about a Tsaing found with village cattle, page 1072 of Vol. XXI, I herewith 

 send you a photograph which I took after Mr. Hauxwell left Bammauk. 

 This time the animal allowed me to get up to within 70 feet of him. He 

 is absolutely harmless, and often sleeps quite near the village. He has 

 been known even to have slept within the village fence. On one occasion, 

 when he was paying marked attention to a particular cow, the owner, to 

 keep him off, built a fence round his pen. The Tsaing was not to be 

 daunted. He cleared the fence and got in. On another occasion, an 

 aggressive village bull attempted to make a stand against the Tsaing, but 

 one heave was sufficient to convince the foolish bull that he was no match 

 to the Tsaing. 



The belief in the village is that this Tsaing is the re-incarnation of a 

 Phongyi (Buddhist priest) who used to cure people of ailments with the 



