THE DOG 



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there are several known to us only in their fossil state, from 

 which they may possibly — indeed, we may say probably — 

 have been derived. These creatures are, of course, repre- 

 sented only by their skeletons, and even these remains have 

 only been found in an imperfect state of preservation. It is 

 evident, however, that these extinct species, or at least cer- 

 tain of them, lived down to the time when man had come 



upon the earth, and was beginning to speculate on his sur- 

 roundings for such company and help as he might win 

 therefrom. It may interest the reader to know that a spe- 

 cies of American dog existed in the Southern Appalachians 

 down to a very recent time — recent, at least, in a geo- 

 logical sense. The remains of one of these animals were 

 found by the writer in a cave in East Tennessee, near 

 Cumberland Gap. From the fragments of the skeleton, 

 Mr. J. A. Allen has described the species. The animal 



