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SECTION III. CHRYSEUS. 



THE RED DOGS. 



The second group of wild dogs belongs to the old 

 continent, and at present is found in Asia from the 

 southern side of the Himalaya ridge to Ceylon, and 

 from China to the Mediterranean. By a notice in 

 Shaw's Zoology, it appears equally spread through 

 Africa, and with a slight modification of characters ; 

 other species are observed in the great Australian 

 islands, occupying, with the exception of New Hol- 

 land, the same portions of the ancient world where 

 the largest felinae reside, as if they were appointed 

 to keep them within bounds. The obscure name of 

 Chaoriy mentioned by Cselius to be the parent of the 

 Ohaonian dogs, and merely noted as luporum genus, 

 may have indicated this group in the earliest Doric 

 tongue. All the species examined were found to 

 w^ant the second tubercular tooth in the lower jaw% 

 had the soles of the feet hairy, and were more or 

 less long-bodied and fulvous in their livery : they 

 had the eyes oblique, and eight mammae. There is 

 no evidence that any of them burrow ; hence their 

 greater shyness and retired life in the jungles, the 

 habits of constant co-operation, the necessity of 



