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position, that the continents of America are a new 

 creation, and their inhabitants new possessors of the 

 soil. For, I think the form of the Indian dog is very 

 considerably remote from that of the jackal, which is 

 not known to exist in any part of America. 



III. In order completely to establish his opinion, 

 Mr. Zimmermann should have proved, that the clog 

 is certainly derived from the wolf. I have just en- 

 deavoured to render it probable, that the wolf is not 

 the parent of the dogs of the old world ; and I for- 

 merly* gave some reasons for believing, that the In- 

 dian dog of America, notwithstanding the conjectures 

 of Lavvson and other writers, is not the pure, unmixed 

 wolf, but a hybrid, begotten between this and some 

 other animal. 



IV. But in the old world, there are dogs not, per- 

 haps, more completely domesticated, or, in other 

 words, not more thoroughly deprived of their savage 

 aspect and manners, than are the dogs of North- 

 America. Such are the dogs of the Kalmuck-Tar- 

 tars. And who, that attentively considers the history 

 of the country in which the Kalmucks reside, will 

 believe that that country is a new creation ? Who 

 will venture to conjecture, that the Kalmucks them- 

 selves are a new people ? Moreover, Kalm's obser- 

 vation would lead us to believe, that the Indian dogs 

 are the same (and of course not more savage) as some 

 of the dogs in the north of Europe. 



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