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J a c k a l s .
collected his dogs from all countries ; the beft were thofe from
Cabuliftan, northern dogs; mention is made of his gre-hounds.
I do not find that his majefty made any ufe of his kennel, which
leemed a matter of ftate. He hunted the lion, the elephant,
and the Tuz, or hunting leopard,: but more to ihew his imperial
courage, and his ikill in ihooting with the fufil or bow,
than from any pleafure he had in the difcipline of the pack.
His politic Vifier Abulfazel, is by no means fparing of his
eulogy (i. 196.) on the feats of his great matter in the chace.
“ It is,” fays he, “ impoffible for me, in my barbarous Hindoo
41 dialect, to defcribe in fit terms the a ¿lions of this inimitable
“ monarch.”
The £nglijb foolifhly enough import into Bengal, at vaft
expence, packs o f hounds, which are foon worn out t by the
climate. They are landed in full health, but in about a month
they ufually perifh o f a liver complaint.
T h e fox o f Bengal, Hijl. Pluadr. i. N° 170, is fmall, o f a light
brown color, face cinereous, with a black ftripe down the middle,
and a white fpace round the eyes and middle of the jaws ;
the legs fulvous, the tail tipt with black. Its food is chiefly
roots and berries, and infefts. They have no fort of fcent like
the European, and do not exceed in fize a rabbet. They are
courfed with gre-hounds, and afford moft excellent diverfion,
being fo fwift and io nimble in turning as frequently to beat
the fleeteft dogs.
J a c k a l s fwarm here, and all over India. They are intolerably
foetid, and therefore the proper objects of chace. They
are ftout as an Englifh fox, and afford excellent fport, which in
this
this hot climate is very fhort. The fportfmen take the field
at break off day, but they are obliged to return foon after fun-
rife. The jackals are generally turned out,a being caught by
the Hindoos for that purpofe. Thofe people are wonderfully
expert in imitating the voice of all forts of beafts and birds.
They mimic the fqueal of a hare feized by a Jackal, which brings
together the whole troop, moft of which falls into a net laid
for that purpofe.
Ongole, the- extreme northern diftri£t of the Carnatic, is Wolves.
much infefted with wolves,— N* 159, large and fierce as thofe of
Europe. I am indebted to Mr. Kingfcote for the account of this
and the two following animals.
T h e ftriped Hyana, the Cberruk of the Indians,— N° 177, in- Hyaena.
habits the clefts of rocks not remote from Madras, whence they
prowl out at night, and deceive mankind by their voice, fimilar
to the human, but particularly to that o f children, by which
fometimes perfons are deluded within their cruel reach.
B e a r s , of the fame fpecies as the European, are not unfre- B ears.
quent in Coromandel.
M. de Bujfon makes (vol. v. tab. xxxiv. p. 226.) a great mif-
take in giving the beautiful fpotted dog o f Dalmatia, vulgarly
called the Danijh dog, to Bengal, no other kind is to be found
in that province than the curs I have mentioned.
I h a v e fpoken of the lion and the pantherine animals. The F eline.
leopard,— N °i8a ; the leffer leopard,— N*i83; and the panther,
— N° 181, inhabit the peninfula. The hunting leopard,—
N° 184, runs up trees, and makes great havock among the poor
monkies.
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