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It is said, however, that the Thibet dog rapidly degenerates when 

 removed from its native country, and certainly the specimens which have 

 reached the Zoological Gardens exhibited nothing of ferocity. The one 

 that was in that menagerie had a noble and commanding appearance ; but 

 he never attempted to do any injury. 



The colour of the Thibet dog is of a deep black, slightly clouded on 

 the sides, his feet alone and a spot over each eye being of a full tawny or 

 bright brown hue. He has the broad short truncated muzzle of the mas- 

 tiff, and the lips are still more deeply pendulous. There is also a singular 

 general looseness of the skin on every part of him. 



THE PARIAH. 



There are several varieties of this dog. There is a wild breed very 

 numerous in the jungles and in some of the lower ranges of the Himalaya 

 mountains. They usually hunt in packs, and it is not often that their 

 prey escapes them. They generally are very thin, and of a reddish- 

 brown colour, with sharp-pointed ears, deep chest, and tucked-up flanks. 

 Many persons hunt with these dogs singly, and they are very useful. 

 They bring the hog to bay, or indicate the course that he has taken, or 

 distract his attention when the sportsman is at hand. 



There is also in every inhabited part of the country the poor desolate 

 pariah, unowned by any one, daring to enter into no house, but wander- 

 ing about, and picking up a living in any way that he can. He is, how- 

 ever, of a superior race to the wild dog, and belongs to the second class 

 of the dog, although mentioned here in order that we may altogether quit 

 the dog of India. They are neglected by the Hindoos ; but the Moham- 

 medans of India, and other strangers, consider it an act of charity to 

 throw out occasionally a morsel of food to them. They are most of them 

 mongrels ; but the benevolent Bishop Heber does them no more than 

 justice when he says that he " was forcibly struck at finding the same dog- 

 like and amiable qualities in these neglected animals as in their more 

 fortunate brethren in Europe." 



Colonel Sykes says of these outcasts that among the pariahs is fre- 

 quently found the turnspit-dog. There is also a small petted variety of 

 the pariah, usually of a white colour, and with long silky hair. This 

 animal is taught to carry flambeaux and lanterns. 



According to Captain Williamson, in some of the ditches of the 

 Carnatic forts, alligators are purposely kept, and all the pariah dogs 

 found in the forts are thrown into the ditches as provision for these 

 monsters. Some persons who have kept tigers in cages have adopted the 

 same means of supply for their royal captives, putting the poor pariah 

 through an aperture made for the purpose in the cage ; and they justify 

 themselves by asserting that they thus get rid of a troublesome breed of 

 curs, most of which are unappropriated, and which being numerous are 

 very troublesome to passengers, often wantonly biting them, and raising a 

 yelling noise at night, that sets all attempts to rest at defiance. 



It did not always happen that the tiger killed the pariah put into his 

 cage. "I knew an instance," says Captain Williamson, " of one that 

 was destined for the tiger's daily meal, standing on the defensive in a 

 manner that completely astonished both the tiger and the spectator. He 

 crept into a corner, and whenever the tiger approached seized him by the 

 lip or the neck, making him roar most piteously. The tiger, however, 



