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constantly by innumerable caravans, always attended 

 by canines both wild and domestic, it is to be ex- 

 pected that the whole area in question should be 

 tenanted by mongrels of interminable crossings, and 

 that at the extremities of the caravan movements 

 we should again begin to find decided marks of 

 purer breeds. This we have shown is the case in 

 some respects in Egypt, and we find it still more 

 clearly beyond the Indus, always excluding the 

 breeds watched by man. We find in those regions 

 The Pariah Dog, or native cur of India, a race 

 we have already shown exists to the north-east of 

 those regions in a vidld state, where we are assured 

 they occupy the woods in considerable troops, and 

 keep the jackal at a distance. The external appear- 

 ance of the animal has been noticed, and of the do- 

 mesticated we need only add, that they bear the 

 marks of degradation and mixture in various forms, 

 but still the rufous colours and their direct sign of 

 domesticity shown by the admixture of white pre- 

 dominates ; that they all have lengthened backs, 

 pointed ears, a sharp nose, and the tail more or less 

 fringed. They are sagacious, noisy, and cowardly ; 

 trained by the Sheckarees to their mode of sporting, 

 and used by the villagers in occasional hunts. Many 

 are in a state of wretchedness even greater than the 

 Turkish or Egyptian, but fondness for human so- 

 ciety is marked in all ; nay, they will sometimes fix 

 upon a stranger, and leave no art or exertion un- 

 tried to be admitted into his service. Thus, one 

 determined at first sight to follow a gentleman tra- 



