Chap. X. NATIVE DOGS. 211 



smooth. Among' the young people very few have 

 their teeth filed : the custom is dying out. 



One day, in my rambles near Mayolo, two of my 

 native dogs had a severe fight with a very large 

 white-nosed monkey {cercopithecus) ^ and came back 

 to me in a dreadful state, especially my dog An- 

 deko, who, being always the first in a fray, generally 

 came off worse than his comrade. In this encounter 

 with the white-nosed monkey, he had the flesh of his 

 fore-leg bitten through to the bone, and his upper 

 lip was cut in two by a terrible gash. Andeko was 

 famous for his courage. He had at different times 

 taken alive young gorillas, young chimpanzees, and 

 young boars. 



These native dogs are keen, active animals ; they 

 are seen in the interior of purer blood than in the 

 Commi country, where they have become much 

 changed by crossing with European dogs of various 

 breeds, brought by trading vessels. The pure bred 

 native dog is small, has long straight ears, long 

 muzzle, and long, curly tail — very curly when the 

 breed is pure. The hair is short and the colour 

 yellowish, the pure breed being known by the clear- 

 ness of this colour. They are always lean, and are 

 kept very short of food by their owners ; in fact, 

 they get no food except what they can steal. Al- 

 though they have a quick ear, I do not think highly 

 of their scent. My head man, Igala, keeps a large 

 number of dogs for hunting at his plantations in the 

 Fernand Yaz. They are good watch-dogs, but are 

 often destroyed by leopards in the night. As I have 



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