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tributed or so commonly met with as the two 

 animals above described. Nor does he come 

 under the head of a scavenging animal. We all 

 wish he did ! Probably not even the native 

 shikari himself commits as much damage to 

 the herbivorous fauna of India, and especially 

 amongst the deer tribe, as does this pest. One 

 has often been tempted to wonder why the 

 animal was ever placed in its position in the 

 scheme of nature. 



The jungU kutta, as the natives call him in the 

 north, is chiefly confined to the large forest 

 tracts of the country, where he usually roams 

 about in parties and hunts down his quarry. 

 Most sportsmen are familiar with his procedure. 

 On putting up a deer, a few of the pack get on 

 to his tracks and run him hard. Most deer run in 

 circles, and the rest of the pack take a short cut 

 so as to relieve their companions when they are 

 blown. The chase is thus carried on till the 

 wretched deer is at last run into and pulled 

 down. Or if a stag, till he comes to bay in some 

 rocky ravine, where, knee-deep in the stream, 

 he fights his last gallant fight, and probably sends 

 some of his enemies to their happy hunting 

 grounds before following to his owp. 



The wild dog resembles a village pi. He is 

 rusty-red or brownish grey in colour, and has 

 a good pelt in winter. The, head, properly set up, 

 makes rather a good trophy. V 



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