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JACKALL. 
His embarrassment was painted in his countenance, 
in a manner of which I could not have conceived 
him susceptible, and which indicated a very delicate 
instinct. For my part, I was afraid to make any 
motion that might disturb this situation, which af- 
forded me considerable pleasure. At length, after 
taking a few steps from one side to the other, as if 
not knowing which way to fly, still keeping his eyes 
turned towards me, he made off, not running, but 
stretching himself out, or rather creeping away, 
placing his feet alternately with singular precaution. 
He was so much afraid of letting himself be heard 
in his flight, that he held his large tail almost in a 
horizontal position, that it might neither drag on 
the ground, nor brush against the plants. On the 
other side of the hedge I found the remains of his 
meal ; it was a bird of prey, which he had nearly 
devoured.” 
He is said to display so much agility and artifice 
in hunting of birds, that scarcely any of them can 
escape him. 
