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NathusiuvS (1874) reports on ten skulls found near old Eskimo huts 

 in Jackson and Sabine Islands, Greenland. The largest of these had a 

 basal length of 189 mm., the smallest 175 mm. In skull U. S. N. M, 

 83,869 the basal length is 170 mm., the condylobasal length 180 mm., 

 which may be the same dimension as the " basal length" of Nathusius. 



In a series of nine skulls of Eskimo Dogs from Greenland, Baffin 

 Land, Labrador, Mackenzie, Alaska, eastern Siberia and Kamt- 

 schatka, collected for the most part many years ago, it is notable that 

 most are of about the same size as those of the Common Indian Dog. 

 One or two from eastern Siberia are the smallest and most slender. 

 All are heavy of bone, yet the sagittal crest does not show the strong 

 backward overhang seen in the Wolf's skull. The muzzle in most is 

 broad, yet this varies. The largest skull of all (U. S. N. M. 8,222) 

 collected by Dr. W. H. Dall at Nulato, Alaska, is nearly as long as a 

 small Wolf's, yet the teeth <^o not approach those of a Wolf in size. 

 This and other large skulls of Eskimo Dogs, probably are the result of 

 crossing with large dogs of European origin. Hearne (1796) speaks 



