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THE ICELAND DOG. 



Canis Islandicus. 



Fiaar-hund. 



The Norwegian emigi'ants to Iceland seem to have 

 carried a race of dogs to its shores, which at pre- 

 sent is not found in the parent country. The head is 

 rounder, and the snout more pointed, than the pre- 

 ceding. In stature, it is not larger than that of 

 Kamtschatka, and in fur like the Esquimaux ; the 

 ears are upright, and the lips flaccid ; the colours 

 white and black, or white and brown. This race is 

 somewhat allied to the following, and therefore may 

 have been obtained from the Skrelings or Esqui- 

 maux, by the adventurers who first visited Green- 

 land. 



