`` We shall need those jaws , '' said he . `` Were there cubs with the dhole ? '' `` Nay , nay . Red Hunters all : grown dogs of their Pack , heavy and strong for all that they eat lizards in the Dekkan . '' What Won-tolla had said meant that the dhole , the red hunting-dog of the Dekkan , was moving to kill , and the Pack knew well that even the tiger will surrender a new kill to the dhole . They drive straight through the Jungle , and what they meet they pull down and tear to pieces . Though they are not as big nor half as cunning as the wolf , they are very strong and very numerous . The dhole , for instance , do not begin to call themselves a pack till they are a hundred strong ; whereas forty wolves make a very fair pack indeed . Mowgli 's wanderings had taken him to the edge of the high grassy downs of the Dekkan , and he had seen the fearless dholes sleeping and playing and scratching themselves in the little hollows and tussocks that they use for lairs . He despised and hated them because they did not smell like the Free People , because they did not live in caves , and , above all , because they had hair between their toes while he and his friends were clean-footed . But he knew , for Hathi had told him , what a terrible thing a dhole hunting-pack was . Even Hathi moves aside from their line , and until they are killed , or till game is scarce , they will go forward . Akela knew something of the dholes , too , for he said to Mowgli quietly , `` It is better to die in a Full Pack than leaderless and alone . This is good hunting , and -- my last . But , as men live , thou hast very many more nights and days , Little Brother . Go north and lie down , and if any live after the dhole has gone by he shall bring thee word of the fight . '' `` Ah , '' said Mowgli , quite gravely , `` must I go to the marshes and catch little fish and sleep in a tree , or must I ask help of the Bandar-log and crack nuts , while the Pack fight below ? '' `` It is to the death , '' said Akela . `` Thou hast never met the dhole -- the Red Killer . Even the Striped One -- '' `` Aowa !
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