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WILD BEASTS AND THEIR WA YS 
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extent of jungle, where it was impossible to ride. 
They ran riot upon high-flavoured musky vermin 
of every description—cats, and genets, and little 
red-deer; in fact, anything except the game 
required. 
By degrees I produced a pack of about fourteen 
couple, composed of various breeds. Some were 
pure foxhound, others a cross between foxhound 
and pointer, blood-hound and pointer, foxhound 
and blood-hound, mastiff and blood-hound, mastiff 
and blood-hound crossed with kangaroo-hound from 
Australia, English greyhound and kangaroo-hound ; 
in fact, every conceivable mixture, to produce three 
classes of dogs—(i) Anders, (2) Anders and seizers 
combined, (3) long - legged powerful hounds for 
coursing. 
The mixture was necessary for these reasons. 
The habits of the sambur were nocturnal. During 
the night it enjoyed the open plains. Before dawn, 
after feeding throughout the night, it drank, and 
then returned to the depths of the forests. The 
stags generally ascended to considerable heights 
upon the mountains, and wherever there were bluff 
and overhanging rocks, there was sure to be an 
asylum much frequented. 
It was a rule to start with the hounds in couples, 
to avoid trouble and delay, as young hounds would 
probably stray off upon some forbidden scent. 
Upon arrival in a secluded plain, the course was 
always directed towards the stream, as the sambur 
would have drunk at the last moment before retiring 
