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MODE OF ATTACK. 
cind its fawn J and the wolf still following and watching them. 
The late Mr. B., of the Madras Civil Service, a noted sports- 
man and a famous shot, told me that on one occasion he was 
riding through some low jungle when he heard a peculiar 
thumping noise a little way off the road, and dismounting he 
stole into the jungle, taking his rifle with him ; on arriving 
at an open space he saw a sambur hind with a small calf 
standing in the middle of it looking intently at a big bush, out 
of which rushed a large wolf and made a dash at the calf; he 
was instantly knocked head over heels by the hind, and at 
once retreated into the bush ; again and again he sallied 
forth only to be knocked over again and again by the brave 
old hind ; still he persevered until at last B., seeing that the 
deer was becoming exhausted, shot the brute the next time 
it came out. 
Wolves used occasionally to visit our cantonment at 
night and many a dhobie's (washerman's) donkey, left out to 
forage for itself in the officer's gardens^ fell a victim to these 
hungry marauders. One night they attacked a charger 
belonging to our adjutant and injured the poor animal so 
severely before it was rescued, that it had to be shot. It is 
said that native children have been carried off by wolves, but 
as a rule they do not attack human beings. I once came 
unexpectedly close upon four wolves; they showed their teeth 
and looked uncommonly vicious, but turned tail before I could 
get a fair shot at them. That they are extremely cunning as 
well as sagacious^ and up to all kinds of dodges to circumvent 
their prey, there cannot be a doubt. Hawkeye (my brother, 
the late Gen. Richard M ami! ton, C.B.), in his book on Indian 
Game, says : — 
Travelling along the road to the Bellarungums, I came 
