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causes one animal to be unsociable and stupid 

 and another of the same breed to be the reverse. 

 The bear cub was very different from the panther. 

 He was delighted with anyone that paid him at- 

 tention ; by means of bribing him with sugar my 

 native taught him all sorts of tricks. The wild 

 dog puppy, about two months old when I got him, 

 lived only ten months. I have never seen one 

 in any zoological collection that I have visited. 

 Flood, the keeper of the carnivora house in Dublin, 

 says he managed to keep one alive and well for 

 about three years, and gave it as his opinion that 

 it was a record. I do not think, however, a great 

 deal is known about them. They were said to 

 be fairly plentiful round about Mhow and Indore, 

 Central India, but I managed to see only two. It 

 is said they are true dogs. They hunt in small 

 packs and will not eat carrion like jackals. The 

 puppy I had for eight months. It became very 

 tame and was very fond of a fox terrier I had, 

 the two playing together every day. The Indian 

 dog" orot into bad health after about six months, 

 developed an enormous belly and had an insatiable 

 appetite. He seemed to be more fond of bread 

 and milk than anything else. 



It is strange that the animals allied to " canidai " 

 should be more difficult to tame and manage success- 

 fully than almost any other species of wild fauna. 



