THE PARIAH DOG. Ifig 



notice taken that they burrow, apparently resem- 

 bling in this respect the rest of the present group ; 

 they associate in large numbers, and thereby approxi- 

 mate jackals, but their voice is totally different from 

 them. In form the wild Pariah is more bulky than 

 the last-mentioned species, but low on the legs and 

 assuming the figure of a turnspit ; and the tail of 

 a middling length, without much flexibility, is more 

 bushy at the end than at the base ; the ears are 

 erect, pointed, and turned forward ; the eyes hazle ; 

 the density of fur varies according to latitude, and 

 the rufous colour of the whole body is darker in the 

 north than in the south, where there is a silvery 

 tinge instead of one of black upon the upper parts. 

 They are said to have five claws on all the feet, but 

 if there be a molar less in the lower jaw, is not 

 known. This species is in general so similar to the 

 domestic, that if it were not ascertained they existed 

 in great numbers in the wildest forests at the base 

 of the Himalayas, all possessing uniform colours, 

 they would be considered, in the lower provinces, of 

 the domestic breed, and are often mistaken for them 

 when they follow armies. The domestic, however, 

 are less timid, generally more mixed with other 

 races of dogs, more mangy about the skin, and 

 variously coloured in fiir. Their voice is yelping 

 and howling, but may be distinguished from the 

 jackals' by the sound. 



The Pariah is certainly the connecting link with 

 the jackals, but as these constitute a small group 

 occupying an immense surface of the old continent, 



