32. Turnspit. Legs short ; body long, often spot* 

 ted. The feet are strait or curved ; hair varies 

 in length, and is strait or curled, 



33. Alco dog. Head small ; ears pendulous ; 

 back curved ;- tail short ; size of a maltese dog* 

 It is sometimes very fat, neck short, belly large. 



34. New-Holland dog. Tail bushy, pendulous ; 

 ears short, erect ; snout pointed. 



Remarks. These are all the distinct varie- 

 ties recognized by Linneus, his editors and 

 translator. These, however, are variously in- 

 termixed ; so that it is impossible ever to give a 

 catalogue of all the intermediate shades of char- 

 acter among dogs. I insert these varieties as a 

 specimen of the effects of domestication, for the 

 instruction of students in Natural History. 

 lupus, (wolf,) tail bent inwards, bushy, pendulous, 

 black at the tip. Nose pointed, ears erect, 

 sharp, head and neck cinereous ; body pale- 

 brown, tinged with yellow. Colour of the hair 

 differs in differentcountries In France yellow, 

 in Russia white, in Canada and Northern states 

 often dark brown, at the Cape of Good Hope 

 grey and striped. 



aureus, (jackal,) tail strait, body pale tawny ; ears 

 short, erect, pointed ; tail tapering both ways, 

 tipped with black. 

 lycaon, (black fox,) tail strait ; body black ; hairs 



often silvery at the tip. 

 vulpesi (common fox,) tail strait, tipped with white; 



body tawny ; lips white. 



virginianus, (grey fox,) tail strait ; body whitish- 

 ash. 



crucigera, (crossed fox,) tawny ; a black cross on, 

 the shoulders ; fur thick, soft. 



