INTRODUCTORY REMARKS. 



SUB-GENUS CANIS, 



THE DOGS, PROPERLY SO CALLED.* 



In the preceding volume we have endeavoured to 

 point out the reasons for considering domestic dogs 

 to be descended, not solely from a species of wolves 

 or of jackals, but from genuine wild dogs of more 



* The most ancient names of the dog are never confounded 

 with the wolf. Cu, Ci, xvuv. Can, Cuen, Khan, Kene, Kao, 

 Quaho, Quio, Qui-loh, Cagot, Coyot, Kot, Cat, belongs to 

 them all : in the Celtic dialects, in the Greek, Latin, Basque, 

 even in the Hottentot and ancient Mexican ; and the last 

 form, Sanscrit, Indee, Chinese, and ancient European names. 

 Dog, Dokke, Dhole, Tulki, Tokla, Toquse, spreads similarly 

 over the whole of Asia, Africa, and Europe : so again in the 

 Greek, enira. ; Oriental, Tzebi ; Tartar, Tay ; Belgic, Tey, a 

 dog, a bitch ; Techi, in Mexican ; and in the Oriental, Ur ; 

 and in the South Sea Islands, Uri, a dog, one that rises sud- 

 denly. A thorough philological inquhy would most assuredly 

 show, that in no language, and at no period, did man po- 

 sitively confound the wolf, the jackal, or the fox, with a real 

 dog. 



