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now are in Natoiia. Canines are indicated by them 

 under denominations which the moderns applied at 

 random to animals now found on the spot, without 

 comparing the notices which for a considerable pe- 

 riod have been within reach ; but it is only since 

 numerous recent travels have been published, that 

 an attempt may be made to clear up several obscuri- 

 ties in the path of zoology, without incurring the 

 same certainty of misleading the public as for- 

 merly. 



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