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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1894. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XVIII. HUNTING IN INDIA. I. THE QUARRY. "In India," said the immortal Mr. Jorrocks, "they hunt the jackall (sic)--not at all a sportin' animal, I should say, from the specimen in the Zoologicals." In spite of the denunciation of so great a sporting authority, I venture to enter a plea for the jackal as a beast of chase. Moreover, as Surtees' immortal work was published half a century ago the above quotation proves that even then our Anglo-Indian predecessors made the jackal take the place of Reynard of the land of their birth. To this day the existence of the Bombay Hunt, the Poona Hounds, and other regular packs in the East, prove that the "jack " is considered his not altogether unworthy representative. Not that it must be supposed that there are no foxes in India. Two varieties of the species divide the Indian peninsula. To the south it is the Indian fox who holds sway, while, commencing on the northern borders of Central India, the desert fox replaces him in Scinde, the Punjaub, and the NorthVVest. In Ceylon, which I propose to include in my chapter, though for brevity I have not done so in its "Handley Cross," chap, vii., p. 67, original edition. title, there are no foxes. To the superficial observer the above-named two sorts of foxes appear almost similar. Both are very small, their bodies being about the size of a large English rabbit. Both are light gray in colour, with large ears and fine bushy "brushes," that of the desert variety having a large white " tag." Both are exceedingly swift. There are two reasons why they are unsuitable for hunting. In the first place, although they do not quite imitate the unsportsmanlike precedent of the Indian hare in popping into the very first hole they come to, they are rarely found far from their own...
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