DHOLE OP CEYLON. 183 



Mebbia of Congo, which assemble to the number 

 of thirty or forty, and hunt all kinds of animals, 

 but oifer no hostility to man. These wild dogs 

 cannot be confounded with the Canis pictus^ which 

 in all probability resides in Western Africa, because 

 the limbs of the Mebbia are described as remark 

 ably heavy, and the colour of their fur is rufous. 



