CHAPTER VII. Notes on Wild Dogs and Chetahs

NOTES ON WILD DOGS AND CHETAHS

Wild dogs not very numerous--Hunt in packs--Attack herd of buffaloes--First experience with wild dogs--Impala antelope killed--Koodoo cow driven into shed--Koodoo driven to waggon--Wild dogs not dangerous to human beings--Greatly feared by all antelopes--Wild dog pursuing sable antelope--Great pace displayed--Wild dogs capable of running down every kind of African antelope--General opinion as to the running powers of wild dogs--Curious incidents--Chasing wild dogs with tame ones--One wild dog galloped over and shot--Two others caught and worried by tame dogs--Wild dog shamming dead--Clever escape--Chetahs overtaken on horseback--Three chetahs seen--Two females passed--Male galloped down--A second chetah overtaken--Great speed of trained Indian chetahs--Three chetah cubs found--Brought up by bitch Pages 119-129