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yellow ; the limbs, under part and tip of the tail, 

 the same ; inside of the thighs dirty white. It was 

 not practicable to take their dimensions ; but their 

 height at the shoulder was below 14 inches. If 

 they came from Western Africa, that race may 

 spread as far as the Cape; for Sir J. Barrow 

 ©bserved Jackals in troops about the Snewsbergen. 



