Thirteen years among the wild beasts of India : their haunts and habits from personal observations, with an account of the modes and capturing and taming elephants . running hunt is to be avoided, as the dogs maybe disposed of in detail as they come up. They should be slipped welltogether, and not before they all see clearly what they have to do. Unlessthey understand that there is a common enemy, such excitable and pugna-cious dogs are liable to fall upon each other. It is necessary to keep themall on as friendly terms as possible, but this can sometimes only be managedby keeping them apart,
Thirteen years among the wild beasts of India : their haunts and habits from personal observations, with an account of the modes and capturing and taming elephants . running hunt is to be avoided, as the dogs maybe disposed of in detail as they come up. They should be slipped welltogether, and not before they all see clearly what they have to do. Unlessthey understand that there is a common enemy, such excitable and pugna-cious dogs are liable to fall upon each other. It is necessary to keep themall on as friendly terms as possible, but this can sometimes only be managedby keeping them apart, as rivals will fight whenever they get a chance. I shall best convey an idea of how the sport of tackling large game isto be conducted by describing a few hunts in which the efforts of myselfand pack have met with success. The first animals I introduced my pack to were a couple of bears. Ihad the following six seizers then :— MARQUIS. An imported bull-mastiff, weighing 40 A country-bred bull-terrier bitch, 35 Ib. f Pups of the above, weighing about 30 Ib. FURY. TURK. A country-bred bull-terrier, weighing 40 Ib. ( nine months old. ? ,-v. CO O o Q IH O z I- z CO • £*%_ o A BEAR-HUNT. 383 The above was not a strong pack; Marquis was old, and three wereonly pups. However, there was nothing for it but to make a trial. One morning my men succeeded in marking two bears into a favour-able locality among some rocks on a hillside near Morlay. The hill slopedgently to the plain below, and was clear of bushes. We approached therocks from one side. There was no cave, but the bears were sitting on atable-rock, overhung by a larger one, enjoying the early warmth of the sunpreparatory to turning in. Upon our appearance within thirty yards theymade off. I killed the female on the spot with my express. She tumbledoff the rock and rolled a few yards; the male jumped after her, and withhowls made off down the hill. The dogs were with us in leash, and assoon as the bear wa
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