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Scientific Intelligence. 
[Sept. 
The Secretary submitted a paper from Mr. Thomas F. Henley, an experienced 
planter from Jamaica, on the Cultivation of Sugar Cane, and the Manufacture of 
Sugar, after the West Indian Plan, as far as may be applicable to the circumstances 
of this country. 
A paper by Mr. Nathaniel Alexander on Indigo, as an Agricultural Speculation, 
was presented by that Gentleman. 
Thanks were voted respectively to the different donors, and writers of communi- 
cations mentioned above. 
XII. Miscellaneous Notices, &c. 
1 .■ — Wild Dog found in India. 
It is not perhaps generally known to our readers, that the dog is found in a wild 
state in different parts of India. Captain Williamson gives in his “ Wild Sports of 
the East,” some scanty notices of the animal,wliich he describes as then being com- 
mon in the Rajmahal Hills. There is a strong probability, that the animal will he 
found in every uncleared mountain tract of that average elevation, and particularly 
that along the whole line of lower mountains, that stretch from our north western 
to our north eastern frontier they abound. The following notices sent us by friends 
give some few particulars, that are perhaps worth recording, if only to directattention 
to the subject, and procure for us a more full and correct account of the animal, his 
habits and character. They relate, the two first to our north western mountain pro- 
vinces, the last to our Assam frontier. 
“ The Bowsa or Bhuoma is in size something between the jackall and the fox. 
He rather approaches the colour of the former, perhaps a little redder. His muz- 
zle is long and sharp. His ears erect and short. The eyes remarkably oblique, form- 
ing in this particular a strong contrast to the domestic animal. The feet are longer 
than in the domestic dog, and the hind legs fully as much bent as in the cat or ti- 
ger. His tail is long and bushy, and is carried in a similar style to that of the fox. 
It is of a dark colour as is his muzzle. Altogether he has something the look of a 
fox, and yet there is a difference. They are said to hunt in packs, living chiefly on 
deer, and it is the opinion of the mountaineers, that they are capable in a pack of coping 
with the tiger. They are remarkably wild and particularly alarmed at the sight of 
a man, and have been known to desert their haunts when subject to be disturbed by 
him. They do not give tongue till they seize their prey. They are said to abound 
in the lower hills.” D. 
“ The Bhowsah are found in most parts of the hills: there are two kinds, one de- 
nominated the Shikari, the other the Ldgh ; the latter is much stouter than the form- 
er, and its hair longer and darker, it is not near so fleet as the ShiiAri, but pos- 
sesses a much finer nose : it quickly' regains the scent when lost by the Shikari. It 
takes its name of Lagh from eating the offal of its prey, which the Shik&ri does 
not. In Kamaun these animals are numerous ; and in packs of from 5 to 20, and 
upwards, hunt (giving tongue during the eliace) every description of animals from 
the timid deer to the ferocious tiger ; the latter they' have been seen to attack 
and kill on more than one occasion. So convinced are the natives of the dread the 
tiger has of these animals, that they do not hesitate passing through the densest 
jungle, where they are known to be : human beings they never attack ; on the con- 
trary, immediately fly their approach.” S. S. 
“ I have lately got a rare animal, which I propose sending to the menagerie*. It 
is the Wild Dog mentioned by' Williamson in his * Wild Sports of the East.’ It 
resembles a jackall, or lather an English fox, (as far as I recollect the animal,) ra- 
ther than a dog, but has smooth hair. The brush is as large almost, as that of a fox. 
I will send it down alter next month, as I want to get a breed between it and the 
tame dog. It is quiet enough with the keeper, but exceedingly timid, which is the 
character of the animal in its wild state ; it being rarely seen by the inhabitants of 
the country' in which they' are found.” D. S. 
* At Barrackpore : the animal has arrived in Calcutta, and is we believe in the 
menagerie of Rajah Buddinath Roy\ 
