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With regard to the various Miscellaneous Notes on the " Kol-Bhalu," 

 which have appeared of late in the Society's Journal, an experience which 

 happened to me some little time ago will, I think, help to support Mr. Eardley- 

 Wilmot's contention that the cry is, as a rule, the jackal's warning note of 

 danger. One afternoon out stalking I got a snap-shot at a tiger as he bounded 

 away through some long grass, and on following up to see if I had wounded 

 him I came across a doe sambhar which the tiger had been eating when I 

 disturbed him. As I had missed the tiger, I thought it highly probable that 

 he would return to the kill very soon, and so I determined to wait for him. 

 I had, however, only one man with me and no means at hand for making a 

 ''machan."" I therefore sent this man back to my camp, some two miles away, 

 for the necessary help, and in the meantime I climbed up into a tree near the 

 dead sambhar. In a very short time a jackal appeared, which I had excellent 

 opportunities of observing, as he was quite unconscious of my presence, and 

 passed me time after time within a few yards. There was nothing in any 

 way peculiar about him, and judging from his condition and the glossiness of 

 his coat he was evidently in excellent health. He was, however, with 

 that curious instinct which these animals seem to possess, fully aware 

 that the tiger had not finished his meal and that he might be expected back 

 shortly. He therefore would not touch the carcase, but contented himself 

 with wandering round and round it, sometimes coming quite near, at other 

 times making circles of about 100 yards radius. In one of these peregrina- 

 tions he came suddenly on to the tiger, who had evidently not been much 

 alarmed at my shot, and was creeping back to the kill through some low bushes. 

 The jackal seemed much startled, bounded back a few yards, and then gave 

 vent to the peculiar " Kol-Bhalu " cry. 



T. MACPHERSON, Lieut.-Colonel. 



Poona, April, 1898. 



PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE MEETING HELD ON THE 28th OF FEBRUARY, 1898. 



A meeting of the members took place on Monday last, the 28th February, 

 when Mr. J. D. Inverarity presided. 



NEW MEMBERS. 



The election of the following new members was announced : — Mr. R, M. 

 Thompson (Banda) ; Colonel St. G. C. Gore, R.E. (Dehra Dun) ; Mr. John A. 

 Graham (Mercara) ; Mr. W. W. B. Warner (Mozambique) ; Mr. Charles 

 S. F, Crofton, I.C.S. (Ahmednugger) ; Captain T. Jermyn (Kohat) ; 

 Lieutenant R. E. Roome (Jacobabad) ; Mr. R. C. Brown, I.C.S. (Ahmednug- 

 ger) ; Mr. Mitchell Hall (Jalpaiguri) ; Mr. S. J. Stone (Mussoorie) ; Mr. W. E. 

 Copleston, I.F.S. (Yellapur); Mr. Vinayak N. Hate (Bombay) ; Mr. Langford 



