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of skull and skeletal proportions probably indicates a closer relation- 

 ship with the larger Indian dogs of northern North America, than with 

 the Wolf or Coyote as Nehring has suggested. 



What may be feral dogs of this breed are said to be found in the 

 Island of Juan Fernandez, off Peru. According to Ermel (1889, p. 53) 

 they are the native Araucarian dogs, shaggy-coated, of medium size, 

 and very powerful. Semitamed ones are sometimes used there in 

 Imnting the feral goats. 



Ihering (1913) has recorded the discovery of an entire skeleton of a 

 dog at Hualfin, Salta Province, in northwestern Argentina. Its 

 skull measurements, as recorded by this author, correspond well with 

 the larger of those above given, and his identification of the specimen 

 as an Inca Dog is probably correct. 



Long-haired Inca Dog. 



Characters. — Apparently similar to the Inca Dog, but with longer 

 coat. 



Distrihution. — Peru and probably coastwise to parts of Chile. 



Notes. — In his Bibliography of the tribes of Tierra del Fuego and 

 adjacent territories. Cooper (1917, p. 44) mentions "a breed of long- 

 haired shaggy dogs" which was fonnerly raised among some of the 

 Chonos Indians north of the Taitao Peninsula, Chile, about Lat. 45° 

 South. Nothing is known about these dogs except the statements of 

 Goicueta and Del Techo, based perhaps on independent testimony. 

 It is assumed that this breed was of native origin since at that early 

 date (about 1553) it is rather unlikely that such dogs would have 

 been obtained from Europeans. Possibly they were derived from the 

 larger collie-like type of Inca dog anciently found among the Peruvians 

 (Eaton, 1916, p. 49). From the hair of these dogs, the Chonos made 

 short mantles that covered the -shoulders and upper part of the trunk. 

 According to Cooper, the information of Goicueta is based on the rela- 

 tion of Cortes Hojea's expedition of 1553-54, when he commanded 

 one of the vessels under Ulloa, and possibly also furnished one of the 

 sources for Del Techo's account. The latter was a Jesuit missionary 

 who wrote in 1G73 concerning the labors of his brethren among the 

 Chonos of the Guaitecas Islands. 



Referable to this breed is probably the long-haired dog described 

 by Nehring (18S7a) from a well-preserved mummy found in the course 

 of excavations at Ancon, Peru. It was found wrapped in cloth of 



