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while its companion had the black spots quite close to each other, 

 though much more distinct. 



Then in Hyde Park one day I saw a curious Toy- terrier. It 

 was of the black-and-tan, short-haired breed ; but the parts that are 

 usually wholly black, -in this case were grey, blotched and striped 



FIG. 33. Brindled Dog, from a photograph by C. R., 847. 



with black. It was not unlike the black-backed Jackal of the 

 Zoological Gardens. 



Fig. 33 is that of a Brindled Dog. Here the stripes are unlike 

 those of the Tiger that is, not so decided, but more like the 

 brindling on the shoulders of the small Cats in Fig. 27. The stripes 

 of the Dog are much finer and dissociated ; but in the streets I have 



