NATURAL HISTORY OF SOUTH AFRICA 
it when decayed, and then it is only to get the 
insects, etc., in and under the body. 
“‘T have seen Manhaar Jackals in the Kalahari 
often; they are in droves sometimes. I have seen 
as many as fourteen, but generally they are in fives 
and sixes—that is, in the Kalahari. 
“They get from four to six cubs, and breed in 
holes. I have taken five young ones from a hole in 
the ground previously made by an ant-bear. The 
jackal which kills stock is the red jackal with the 
grey back, and perhaps the all-red jackal, which I 
have caught by tying a kid at night and setting a 
trap or traps, in the same way as the greyback 
jackal is caught.” 
Mr. Thomas Lanham also writes on the subject :— 
‘Mr. Langdon has sent me the above letter. I 
can heartily bear out all he says about the Manhaar 
Jackal. This animal is quite harmless to stock ; 
any observant farmer will tell you this. A short 
time ago I had a flock of sheep at an out-station, 
‘sleeping out in the open (not ina kraal). At night 
there were a lot of these Manhaar Jackals staying 
close about the spot, and although there were small 
lambs in the flock I did not lose one of them.” 
From another letter on the same subject, the 
News extracts the following :— 
“T am positively certain they do not eat flesh. 
One sees them ferreting about the ground, looking 
for beetles, etc., and they do not clear far, and one 
hears them whistle for their mates. This they 
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