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Gonds to investigate, I was rejoiced at about 4 P.M. to hear them come in and 
say they had found the cubs, whereupon we at once started to get them. 
Coming on a small nala, a few feet broad, not more than a mile away from 
where the panther had been shot, we were at once able to see that this was the 
place where the panther had fed and exercised her young, and on looking 
about carefully (of course we had it pointed out to us by the Gonds), we saw 
a, small hole, not more than 5” in diameter, in the side of a white-ant hill on 
the bank of the nala. In this were the cubs. It was interesting to see how 
the panther had evidently been in the habit of hiding her cubs in this hole in 
safety while she went out to shikar her food. The hole inside was very 
small and not nearly large enough for the old panther to get into, but just 
large enough to hold the two cubs, which were probably nearly a month old. 
Tt was difficult to tell whether the panther had discovered this hole or 
made it herself, but possibly there was some sort of hole there and she 
enlarged it as required. There were claw marks on the ant-hill inside the 
hole, but this might have been made in the ordinary quarrels of the cubs. We 
had to cut the ant-hill away to enlarge the hole before getting the cubs out. 
They were taken to camp andare still alive and well. The panther had evidently 
been hard pressed for a place to put her young, and she must have been driven 
to think of making a hole for the cubs—a thing she would never have done, 
I imagine, had there been any rocky hills near. 
P, H. CLUTTERBUCK, 
A. C. of Forests, 
NaGeur, 6th June, 1893. 
No. IV.—THE JACKAL OR LION-PROVIDER. 
I believe it has not been clearly demonstrated how the jackal came to be 
called the lion or tiger provider. Few but the most credulous would believe 
that the jackal isin the habit of seeking game for the larger animals and 
taking them to where it can be found, &c. ; stili there must be Some reason for 
assigning the name “lion-provider,” which is not a modern term, as it is 
found in some of the oldest books on wild animals. The following coin- 
cidence, which happened before my eyes, may perhaps serve to throw some 
light on the mystery. Some time ago I happened to be in camp alongside 
a small rocky hill with many caves, which, I was informed, contained a small 
colony of hyenas. Partly to passa dull hour and partly to try and obtain a 
good specimen, I made up my mind to sit up with my gun one evening. 
There was a creek close by, and on the banks a small hamlet of fishermen ; 
and knowing the hyzna’s partiality to fish, especially when a little stale, I 
obtained a basket full, which had been caught the day previous, and placed 
them in what I thought a good spot and sat up at sunset ona high rock 
about 12 yards from them. After a little time I heard a rustling amongst the 
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