122 THE CANINE FAMILY 



hostility of his family to tigers, by his unceasing 

 ptLTSuit of them in the night, and announcing his 

 approach by a particular cry of warning, which for 

 merly was mistaken for the act of providing for the 

 monster. The jackal does not precede, but follows 

 at a safe distance ; and at the time his note of cau- 

 tion is uttered, no other animal is heard to respond 

 to it; while at other times the cry of one is an- 

 swered in every direction, by all the individuals 

 then in hearing. The disposition to devour a slain 

 or wounded companion, which we still see partially 

 evinced in domestic dogs (who generally, w^hen two 

 are fighting, rush to the spot and join in biting the 

 one who is worsted), is, however, modified by their 

 social instinct ; for Dr Daniel Johnson, long resident 

 in India, relates, that in earths of burrows (those 

 troglodyte cities of canines usually dug by jackals), 

 both wolves and hyaenas take up their quarters 

 without attempting to molest each other, although 

 the openings of their mutual retreats are not far 

 asunder. There is a kind of understood confederacy 

 between the cohabiting species, and it is probable 

 that hostility is transferred to the next community 

 of burrows. 



In the diurnal canines, part are of a middle stature 

 and a part are small. Their structure indicates 

 vigour and activity ; the larger species, in particular, 

 exhibit in the fore-quarters solidity and strength, 

 and in the posterior part slenderness and speed. 

 The legs are long, the neck muscular and length- 

 ened; the head is rather pointed, the chest deep, 



