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PET DOGS OF KAKAGUE. 
of a good quality, but never rich, was used merely as 
a pomade on their bodies, to soften their skin-cover- 
ings, and as an external cure for everything. We had 
considerable difficulty in procuring any, because we 
ate it. However, a handsome present now and then 
would induce them to give us some. The sheep 
(lambed in the month of November) were a small 
species, without wool, generally white, and only half-a- 
dozen would be seen in a tract of ten or twenty miles. 
Within 200 yards of them we have observed the 
white rhinoceros grazing, looking like a solitary stack 
in the middle of a hay-field. We did not take the 
trouble to shoot him, because his flesh is worthless, 
and shooting interfered with the march. Sometimes 
our men fired, which made both them and the animal 
run in opposite directions. Every hut had its little flock 
of short-haired goats, whose skins were so valued as an 
article of dress that the natives could seldom be induced 
to sell them. One roan-coloured goat presented to us 
was fancied for its colour by the sultan, and exchanged, 
as he longed for it to assist in some ceremony. 
There were pet dogs about the palace, used in going 
after small antelope and tiger-cats. The breed was 
like the pariah of India, leggy, with smooth red hair, 
but much more domestic, giving a paw, lying down 
quietly by your side, or always ready to walk with 
you, having been taught docility by the young 
princes. They are said to run after game by scent, 
but this we did not observe. This particular breed 
is always gelt, the natives believing that they are 
thereby rendered more keen in the pursuit of sport. 
One, a great favourite, answering to the name of 
"Keeromba" — a wild, beautifully-sounding, musical 
