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Var. B C. Angliats, the Mastiff. 



Var. C, C. Jricator^ the Pug-dog. 



Var. D C. Islandicus, the Iceland dog. 



Var. E. C. varicgatus, the little Danish dog. 



Var. F, C. liylridus, the shock dog. 



Var. G. C. Britannicus^ the black and tan terrier. Sub-var. the Scottish terrier. 



Var. H. The Artois dog. 



Var. I. C. Andalusia^ the Alicant dog. 



Var. K C. JEgyptius, the Egyptian clog. 



C. lupus, Lin. Desm. The Wolf. Tail straight ; fur gray fawn- 

 coloured, with a black stripe on the fore legs of the adult ; eyes 

 oblique. Body about 3J feet long, Inhabits the forests of Eu- 

 rope. -Sham, i. pi. 75. 



Var. A With the fur white. The hair of wolves turns white with age, and those 



in northern latitudes become white in winter. 



However ferocious in its savage state, an instance related by M. F. Cuvier de- 

 monstrates that by education the wolf is susceptible of affection. A young wolf, 

 brought up like a dog, became familiar with every person he was in the habit of 

 seeing. He followed his master everywhere, seemed to suffer from his absence, was 

 obedient to his voice, and differed in nothing from the tamest of domestic dogs. 

 His master being obliged to travel made a present of him to the Royal Menagerie 

 at Paris. Here he was shut up in a compartment, and remained for many weeks 

 without exhibiting the least gaiety, and almost without eating. In time, however, 

 he attached himself to his keepers, and seemed reconciled to his fate, when after an 

 absence of eighteen months his master returned. At the first word he uttered the 

 wolf, though it did not see him in the crowd, recognized his voice, and testified his 

 joy by his motions and cries. Being set at liberty he overwhelmed his old master 

 with caresses like the most attached dog. His master being obliged to quit him a 

 second time, the same symptoms of regret appeared. Three years more elapsed, and 

 the wolf was reconciled to his confinement and to the company of a young dog which 

 had been given him for a companion. About this time, which would have obliterated 

 in most dogs the remembrance of their master, the gentleman again returned. It 

 was evening, and all was shut up. But the moment the creature heard his former 

 master's voice, he indicated his recognition by the most impatient cries. The place 

 being opened, the wolf rushed forward, placed his fore-feet on the shoulders of his 

 earliest friend, licked every part of his face, and threatened with his teeth his keepers 

 who approached, and to whom previously he had been testifying the warmest affec- 

 tion. A separation having again taken place the affectionate animal became in con- 

 sequence sad and immoveable, refused sustenance, and his death was feared as the 

 result. At the end of a week he was so reduced as was scarcely to be known. Time, 

 however, again soothed his feelings, and his keepers gradually acquired his confidence. 



C. Lycaon, Lin. Desm. The Black Wolf. Tail straight ; body all 



black. Inhabits the mountainous parts of Europe, and North 



America. Griffith's An. King. ii. 348. 



Var. A. Americana. Black, with a white spot on the breast. 

 C. Javanicus, Desm. Fur of a brown fawn-colour, blackish on the 



back, feet, and tail ; ears pretty small. Java. F. Cuv. Diet. Sc. 



Nat. viii. p, 557. 



C.jubatus, Desm. The Red Wolf. Fur of a cinnamon red; a 

 short mane along the back of the spine. Body four feet four in- 

 ches long. Paraguay. Cuv. Reg. An. iv. pi. 1. 



C. Mexicanus, Desm. Fur ash-coloured, variegated with yellowish 

 spots, and black lateral stripes. Inhabits South America. 



C. pictus, Desm. (Hyena picta, Penn.) Fur variegated with large 



