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for domestic purposes. Captain "Williamson con- 

 founds them with his heriahs^ but they are reported 

 to be somewhat lower than that animal, with a 

 broader back, and of a light grey colour, obscurely 

 marked with darker cross bars by the tips of the 

 hair being black; the limbs and face pale buff. 

 A specimen shot among the rocks on the sea-shore, 

 near Vincovah, in the vicinity of Bombay, was 

 in colour yellowish-grey, brindled with blackish 

 streaks : the head was sharp ; the under parts dirty 

 white ; the tail not very hairy, whitish below ; and 

 the markings on the body so distinct, that some 

 young officers present conceived it to be a young 

 tiger ; but other persons immediately named it a 

 jungle koola (wild dog). It was killed in the act 

 of searching for offals and putrid animal matter cast 

 on shore by the sea.* 



* Communicated by Colonel Dunsterville, Hon. East India 

 Company's service, who was present. 



