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crumbs &c., &c. It would not be unnatural for the smaller 

 carnivora to follow tbe larger, in bopes of feeding on the remains of 



the prey." 



" Tbe idea we bave is tbat, like pilot fisb to tbe sbark, tbe kol- 

 hhdlu acts as a kind of ' pointer ' and guide." 



On tbe lOtb of May I obtained anotber wild dog. It was also a 

 female, one of a pack of eigbt or nine tbat I bad come upon in tbe 

 morning wben out for a stroll near my camp witb a friend. I suppose 

 tbey were banging about to find out wbat bad become of tbe dog I bad 

 sbot. We bad our terriers witb us, and tbey gave cbase to some- 

 tbing amid tbe bamboos. Tbinking tbey were after monkeys, we 

 wbistled tbem back. Tbey returned witb unusual promptitude, 

 and a minute or two afterwards an extraordinary sound arose — a 

 weird bewildering noise — sucb as I bad never before beard in tbe 

 jungles. I could not at first tell wbere it came from — it seemed 

 aerial from tbe trees overhead as mucb as from tbe thickets 

 around. It lasted for nearly half-a-minute, and my companion 

 described it afterwards as '^ a kind of fiendish hysterical yapping, 

 in a shrill chorus, decidedly uncanny and all-pervading." I asked 

 tbe young Vasawa, who was carrying my camera, wbat the noise was. 

 He answered : " kol ! " At first I thought tbat they might be 

 attacking one of our dogs, and ran forward to tbe edge of a nullah, 

 where I caught sight of four of them near some pools of water. 

 A bullet made one spring into the air and fall over, but it picked 

 itself up almost at once and was off. Tbey retreated slowly, keep- 

 ing well behind the bamboo clumps and peering back at us, but I 

 did not get another sbot. My shikari said there were eight or nine 

 altogether ; I must have seen six or seven at intervals. I sent a 

 sporting sepoy on their track, and he returned later in tbe day with 

 anotber specimen, a female, but larger and heavier than tbe first. 

 As we were changing camp I could not get my spring-balance, but 

 judged her to beat least 5 lbs. heavier than tbe first one, which would 

 make her 35 lbs. She measured 23 inches at the shoulder, but her 

 legs had been rather stretched by her having been carried slung on 

 a pole by tbe feet ; body from nose to root of tail 35^ inches ; tail 

 with hair 17, and without 15 inches j girth behind shoulder 19 

 inches. No white hairs at end of brush. 



