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sionate affection for its master than the most devoted dog could have 

 shown. And this is not a single isolated example, tor they have been 

 trained to hunt like dogs. 



THE STRIPED WOLF. 



The Striped Wolf, Ccviis aditstiis, is a link between the wolf and the 

 jackal ; the body is long, the head is fox-like, the eyes are placetl ob- 

 liquely and have rather elongated pupils ; the ears are wide apart ; the 

 legs remarkably long and slender ; the tail touches the ground. The 

 color is a brownish-grav; a dark stripe runs from the mouth to the ear, 

 a black band crosses the breast, ;i fawn-colored stripe with a black border 

 traverses the sides longitudinallv, the tail is faw n-colored at tlie root, 

 black in the centre, but pure white at the tip. 



The Striped Wolf extends from the Cape of Good Hope to Zanzibar 

 on the East, and the Gaboons on the West Coast of Africa. It is prob- 

 ably the Mboyo of Du Chaillu. 



THE KABEROO. 



The Kaberoo, Canis siinciiis, is a native of Abyssinia, very slender 

 and very like a greyhound. But it is neither a domestic dog gone wild, 

 nor a variety of jackal, but a real species of wolf. The Kaberoo is 

 widely dispersed in tlic interior of Africa, where it does enormous 

 damage to the shcphertls. The natives of Cordofan call it the dog of the 

 wilderness, and regard it as more destructive than the hyasna dog itself. 



THE JACKAL WOLF. 



The Jackal Wolf, Canis lupastcr, is found in tiie whole North, 

 North-east, and North-west of Africa. It is smaller than the common 

 wolf, which it resembles more closelv than it does tiie jackal. It usually 

 confines itself to a limited range of countrv. in which it chases hares, 

 mice, wild-fowl and the like, as well as devours fruit of all sorts; during 

 the rainy season it forms considerable packs, and attacks herds of sheep 

 and goats. In the plains of Central Africa it is hunted by greyhounds 

 which, in spite of the w'olf's energetic defence, pull it down, or keep it at 

 bay till the huntsman has the courage to come up and give the marauder 

 the finishing stroke with his spear. 



