200 THE YENLEE, OR PIED THOUS. 



intermixture of colours the fur exhibits, claims its 

 place to be in the present group ; and if we look to 

 the dogs of the Bosjemen and Koranas, there may 

 be a question, whether their descent is not, in part 

 at least, derived from a cross with the present spe- 

 cies. The ears of the T, mesomelas are larger than in 

 the T. anthus ; the nose and forehead are ashy grey ; 

 the ears rust-colour outside, whitish within; the 

 cheeks whitish-ash and buff; from between the ears, 

 over the back of the neck, and from thence spread- 

 ing down each shoulder, the colour is black and 

 white, variously intermixed ; the space narrows gra- 

 dually to a point at the root of the tail or partially 

 down the base: this space is composed of hair 

 longer arid harder than that of the sides, and in 

 some specimens the white forms only pencils on the 

 black, in others it is a succession of waves, and 

 sometimes it forms something of a regular yet unde- 

 scribable figure in the midst of the black. The 

 throat and breast are whitish grey ; the lower part 

 of the shoulders, the hams, and part of the base of 

 the tail, with the outside of the limbs, is of a lively 

 rusty buff; the belly, furnished with long hairs, is 

 dirty white ; the terminal half of the tail invariably 

 black; the claws are blunt, the feet naked and 

 hard. We are assured that this animal does not 

 burrow, but lives among bushes and under promi- 

 nent rocks. It is not found on the Karroo or 

 wilderness. 



