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verance that even if some members of the pack 
are shot dead the rest do not give up the chase, 
a few of the animals merely stopping behind 
to devour the carcases of their defunct brethren. 
Even more ferocious than the wolves are 
the Indian wild dogs, red dogs, or dholes as 
they are variously called. Notwithstanding 
that they are very inferior in size and strength 
to the former, they are greatly feared by all 
other wild beasts, even such formidable creatures 
as bears, tigers, boars, and the enormous wild 
ox known as the gaur holding them in dread. 
Dholes associate in parties numbering from 
six to as many as thirty individuals. They 
hunt both by night and day, following their 
prey with such tenacity that its doom is merely 
a matter of time. Should the need arise they 
will keep up the chase for days on end ; and 
when the quarry is at last brought to bay they 
rush in and overwhelm it by sheer force of 
numbers, although not infrequently suffering 
from their boldness. 
They are of a wandering disposition, a habit 
largely due to the fact that when once their 
presence is made manifest in a district all 
other creatures flee terror-stricken to other 
parts. 
Another expert in the chase is the Cape 
hunting-dog, a long-legged and lean beast with 
