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CHAPTER V 



Hyaena, jackal, and wild dog — Jackal — Habits — A useful scavenger 

 — Pelt — The hysena — Distribution and habits — Food — Cowardly 

 nature — Hyjena pugs — Hytena in a beat — Wild dog — A ganae- 

 destroyer — Distribution — Methods of hunting game — Immune to 

 poison — Should be shot on sight. 



HY^NA, JACKAL, AND WILD DOG 



A LTHOUGH the hysena (Hycsna striata), 



/ % jackal (Canis aureus), and wild dog 



/ % (Cyon dukhunensis) yield no trophies, 



as the word is commonly accepted 



amongst sportsmen, a book dealing with the larger 



animals of India's jungles would scarcely be 



complete without a mention being made of these 



common inhabitants of the country's vast waste 



tracts. Amongst the three the wild dog assumes 



a pre-eminence, and is known to every shikari, 



owing to the very large mortality it causes 



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