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them. 4 They inhabit particular districts,’ 
says an Eastern traveller; 4 and those of one 
quarter seldom intrude upon those of an¬ 
other, or, if they do, they are speedily driven 
back again to their own haunts.’ It is a 
curious fact that hydrophobia is entirely 
unknown among them. The pariah dogs 
of India seem to have similar habits, but to 
be more affectionate in their disposition 
and more prone to attach themselves to par¬ 
ticular persons. Good Bishop Heber men¬ 
tions one of these animals which chose to 
attach itself to him in one of his long jour¬ 
neys, and manifested all the amiable quali¬ 
ties of his more civilized brethren, guard¬ 
ing the baggage, keeping watch at night 
and showing the utmost solicitude for the 
safety of his self-elected patron. The men 
of the native regiments make a curious use 
of the docility of their dogs. These Sepoy 
regiments, as they are called, are made up 
of men of all sorts of different tribes and 
castes, so that hardly any two of them can 
eat together, as, according to their notions, 
their food would be polluted by even the 
shadow of a companion passing over it. 
As their duties prevent the close supervi- 
