182 DHOLE OF CEYLON. 



mined, in Holland, the skin of a dog which was said 

 to have come from Ceylon and corresponded suffi- 

 ciently to admit of its being the same species, 

 although it was at least four inches longer and the 

 colours were less grey and more fulvous ; the tail 

 was long and without a brush, and the claws blunt, 

 but with five on each foot. It is evident that the 

 discrepancies between the two were owing to non- 

 age, in Boddseert's specimen. The skull we have 

 not seen. 



Although in the following extract it is likely that 

 more than one species may be confounded, yet the 

 description is in general so hke that of the true or 

 greyhound Dhole, that it may be surmised a race of 

 Chryseus actually extends to the Cape ; and it is 

 probably mixed up with some characters of the 

 Tokla, which will b^ mentioned with the Thoes. 



In Dr Shaw's Zoology, wild dogs are mentioned 

 as inhabiting Congo, Lower Ethiopia, and the vici- 

 nity of the Cape of Good Hope. " They are said 

 to be red-haired, with slender bodies and turned up 

 tails, like greyhounds It is also added, that they 

 vary in colour, have upright ears, and are of the 

 general size of a Wge fox-hound; they destroy 

 cattle, and hunt do^i a antelopes and many other 

 animals, and commit ^reat ravages among the sheep 

 of the Hottentots ; idiey are very seldom taken, 

 being exceedingly swift as well as fierce ; the young 

 are said to be somt-^imes obtained, but grow so 

 fierce as to be with g^eat difficulty rendered domes- 

 tic. In this short description we recognise the 



