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giving up a contest while life lasts; hence they 

 often destroy each other in combat. In their native 

 regions they are not liable to canine madness ; al- 

 though, in Sweden and Norway, wolves are occa- 

 sionally attacked with that dreadful scourge in the 

 middle of winter. 



THE WOLF-DOGS. 



THE SIBERIAN DOG. 



Canis Sibericus. 



Kosha of the Natives. 



THIS variety of the Arctic group differs in stature 

 very considerably. One exhibited some years ago, 

 by a M. Chabert, at Bath, was above three feet 

 in height. The ears resembled those of a bear ; the 

 head, that of a wolf; and the tail was like a fox's 

 brush ; in fur and colour it looked like a greyish 

 wolf. There may have been a cross of the great 

 Russian watch-dog in this individual ; for the dogs 

 of Kamtschatka are smaller, though similarly formed. 

 Their colour is mixed black and white, the tips of 

 the ears slightly drooping ; and their attachment to 

 home, only a kind of periodical instinct which 

 brings them to their masters' doors, after they have 

 roamed wild for many weeks to provide for them- 



