THE JACKAL. 67 
®^ape. j-jjg gygg -vyere fixed steadily on me ; 
perplexity was painted in his countenance 
a manner of which I could not have sup- 
posed ■ 
^ell 
It susceptible, and which denoted great 
cacy of instinct. On my part, I was afraid 
^ove lest I should put an end to this situa- 
j a, which afforded me much pleasure. At 
after he had taken a few steps, first to 
Side, then to the other, as if too much 
‘Used to know which way to get offj and 
J^^Ping his eyes still upon me, he retired, 
funning, but creeping with a slow step, 
^'^g down his feet one after another with 
guiar caution. He seemed so much afraid 
^ ffiaking a noise in his flight, that he held 
lu^i'ge tail almost in a horizontal line. 
fat it 
^fush 
fuight neither drag on the ground nor 
uf L plants. On the other side 
® hedge I found the fragments of his 
^ which had consisted of a bird of prey, 
part of which he had devoured.” 
