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consort in pairs or small detached bands, and pack tempo- 

 rarily and rarely. 



Captain James Forsyth ("Highlands of Central India"), 

 speaking of Cams pallipes, an animal whose specific iden- 

 tity with the common form Sir Walter Elliot and Horsfield 

 deny, while Blyth and Jerdon very properly insist upon it, 

 remarks that it is a relatively small and slender beast with 

 comparatively delicate teeth. He gives a narrative of his 

 personal experience which is utterly subversive of many 

 sweeping assertions which have been made upon the sub- 

 ject of their habits and temper. 



In the provinces referred to, wolves are very numerous, 

 and are " a plain-loving species." They " unite in parties 

 of five or six to hunt," and so far as his observations go, 

 more than these have not been seen together. "Most 

 generally they are found singly or in couples." The 

 domestic animals upon which these chiefly prey are dogs 

 and goats. " They are the deadly foes of the former, and 

 will stand outside of a village or travellers' camp, and 

 howl until some inexperienced cur sallies forth to reply, 

 when the lot of that cur will probably be to return no 

 more. . . . 



" The loss of human life from these hideous brutes has 

 receijtly been ascertained to be so great, that a heavy 

 reward is now offered for their destruction. Though not . 

 generally venturing beyond children . . . yet when con- 

 firmed in the habit of man-eating, they do not hesitate to 

 attack, at an advantage, full-grown women, and even adult 

 men. A good many instances occurred during the con- 

 struction of the railway through the low jungles of Jiib- 



