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larney. The chief export* are com and batter. 



The harbour is landlocked. Pop. 1H33. 



IlillUO ( < '<iin.t itinifi ), ii \ariety ( dog found in 

 Au-irulia, Ixitli in a wild ami a domesticated Mtate. 

 A- mai-upiaU are believed to IM- tin- only indigenous 

 Aii-tialian mammals, it i probable tliut tin-* dog, 

 wliicli is found in a semi fo--.il .-tat>- in -mm- of the 

 caves, wan introduced \>\ \ \\itli tin- .-ailie-t human 



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Dingo, or Australian Dog (Cant* dinyo). 



inhabitants. The dingo has an elongated flat head, 

 which is carried high ; the ears are short and erect, 

 and are kept in that position when the animal 

 runs ; the fur is soft and predominantly tawny ; 

 the tail is bushy and kept low down. It is a very 

 muscular, fierce animal, tamable if taken young. 

 In the wild state it seldom barks. The wild forms, 

 joined doubtless by recent runaways from domesti- 

 cation, used to work very great havoc among the 

 sheep, but vigorous endeavours have vastly reduced 

 their numbers and minimised their ravages. See 

 DOG. 



Dingwall (Scand., 'court hill;' see THING), 

 the county town of Ross-shire, near the head of the 

 Cromarty Firth, and at the entrance to the valley 

 of Strathpcffer, 13$ miles NW. of Inverness (by rail 

 18$). It has the county buildings (1845), a public 

 park, a small harbour, and an >! -li-k. 37 feet high, 

 which marks the grave of Sir George Mackenzie, 

 first Earl of Cromarty. A royal burgh since 1226, 

 it unites with Wick and four other towns to return 

 one member to parliament. Pop. (1861) 2099; 

 (1881) 1921; (1891)2283. 



DillkHsblthl, an ancient walled town of 

 Bavaria, on the Wtfrnitz, 19 miles NNW. of Nrtrd- 

 linden by rail, with manufactures of cordage, 

 hosiery, straw-hats, pencils, Imishes, &c. Ii 

 formerly a free city of the empire, and sullen-d 

 much dmiii;,' the Thirty Years' War. Pop. (1880) 

 5186; (1885)4457; (1890)4496; ( IS!).')) 4.VT7. 



Dinocerata (Gr. deinos, 'terrible.' and /.era*, 

 ' horn '), an extinct order of mammals, approaching 

 the elephant in size and movements, remain- f 

 which have been found extensive] v in the Kin-em- 

 lacustrine sediments of southern \Vyoming. The 

 dinocerata include three genera I'intatherium 

 (most primitive type), Dinoceraa (intermediate 

 form), and Tinoceras (youngest and most sjtecial- 

 ised). Aliout thirty more or le>- distinct forms 

 have been recognised. The feet were plantigrade, 

 the fore-foot being larger than the hind-foot, an.l 

 having five digits; the liml>- were massive and 

 heavy, but shorter than in the elephant ; the skull 

 was long and narrow, sunixjrting on top three 

 separate transverse pairs of nigh osseou* protuher- 

 ances or horn-cores, while the canine teeth were 

 enormously developed in the male, and formed 

 short, trenchant, decurved tusks ; the nasal hone* 

 were elongated so as to form nearly half the length 

 of the skull, though, as the neck was long enough 



to allow the head to reach the ground, Own? wa* 



pioKatily no prolHHwiH ; finally, thu brain wa propor- 

 tionat'-K HiualliT than in any other known mninmal. 

 ami e\-n |.- than in wme reptile*. Her l'rf<<*Mor 

 Mandi'n iidmital.le monograph, published by 

 the fmt.-.l Mat.- i .i-iilogical Kurvey (1HH4). 



DlnomlH. See MOA. 



IHllOKUliria (Gr., 'terrible lizard*'), an im- 

 portant group ..i .Mi-Mi/oic i. -i. til'-, known partly 

 \>\ tlieir skeleton-, partly by th-ir footprint*. 

 They were ^ixanti.- form-, MMIM- of them at Irani 

 80 feet in length, ami many of their < haiari.-n. l.-ad 

 on to binls. Tlm in the hip ginlle the puhi<- lione* 

 were in many caw* in ned, not forwanU a> in 

 other reptiles, but backward** a* in Kir.U ; the legi 

 were also in part bird-like ; the fore limlm 

 less develojM-d than the leg* ; some of the bone* 

 apparently contained air <-a\ iti--, \c. Atlanto- 

 suurus (q.v. ), Stegosaurus, Iguanodoii (q.v.), and 

 MegalosauniB (q.v.) are important types. They 

 begin in Triassic strata, Ijecome very promim-iit 

 in the Jurassic fauna, continue well repreHented 

 in tin- Chalk, and then terminate. A large number 

 have been found in America, and our knowledge 

 of them i* mainly due to the researches of Pope 

 and Mandi. They were terrestrial animals, though 

 some, such as Iguanodon. frequented niar-liv 

 ground. Some seem to have been carnivorous, 

 others vegetarian. The group is a large and 

 varied one, gradually iMi-oming more defined in 

 its limits aim characters. The relations to other 

 fossil reptiles will be discussed under REPTILES. 



IMllOtlie Hum (Gr., 'terrible beast'), a 

 remarkable extinct animal, the cranial bones of 

 which are found in the Miocene formations of 

 < lei many, France, &c. The animal wan pro- 

 vided, like the elephant and the walrus, with a 

 pair of long tusks ; but these projected from the 

 end of the lower jaw, which is deflected down- 

 wards at a right angle to the body of the jaw. 

 Both jaws possessed a series of pra-- molars and 

 molars, the crowns of which were traversed by 

 strong transverse ridges. The nasal cavity was 

 large, apparently supplying attachment for a 

 trunk, as in the* elephant. Very little U known 



Dinotherium, a* ruu>tcU b) 



of the skeleton except the skull (one exarap 

 which is 3$ feet long): and lu-m-e the trm- 

 lion of the ilinotherium has not been natwfactorily 

 determined. Cuvier and Kaup hate referred it t. 

 the neighbourhood of the tapir. up|Miug it t<> 

 ha\e U-.-n an inhabitant of large lake*. 



Ditmiddie, R<>I<KKT. colonial gowaoi of 

 Virginia, was Mfe in Scotland about 16HO, and 

 was governor of Virginia from 17.VJ to I7.V*. when 

 he was recalled, after precipitating the French and 

 Indian war. and by nis ill-temper, avarice, and 

 in. ..mjK'tence. rendering hinuielf generally unbear- 

 able to the American*. He died in I 



IMo Tarsias. See Piox CASSI- 



Dlo resan is a bishop viewed in relation to hi* 

 own clergy or flock. 



