648 THE DOG. 



some corresponding term, proper to the dialects of the Tur- 

 comans and other Asiatics. 



The Dog of Beloochistan is a wild ferocious dog, shy, and 

 keeping aloof from human habitations. These dogs hunt in 

 packs, during the day, of twenty or thirty together, and tire 

 out their prey by the pertinacity of their pursuit, following it 

 hour after hour, league after league, from twilight to dawn. 

 They will attack the buffalo, or the largest animals of the 

 country, and pull them down by their united force. They 

 are like stout hounds, of a rufous colour, and somewhat short 

 in the legs. It is not known how far this species extends 

 into the wild countries adjoining, or what relations it has 

 with the next mentioned species, with which it may be even 

 identical. 



The Buansa of Nepaul, Canis primcevus of Hodgson, ap- 

 pears to be a species very widely extended. It is in size be- 

 tween a wolf and jackall, and may be compared to a stout 

 fox-hound. It hunts by day as well as by night, in troops of 

 from six to ten individuals, following its game rather by 

 scent than by sight, and wearing it out by persevering pur- 

 suit. It barks, though with a tone of voice -somewhat pecu- 

 liar to itself. It is very untameable, unless when taken 

 young, but the puppies which are reared amongst domestic 

 dogs seem to exhibit equal sagacity. The species seems to 

 belong to the woody and rocky mountain ranges between the 

 Sutledj and Brahmapootra, but it appears, with some varia- 

 tions of character, to extend greatly to the south, as to the 

 Ghauts, the Nielgherries, and the coast of Coromandel ; at 

 least, Dogs so nearly resembling it have been found in these 

 different localities, that they have been generally assumed 

 to be the same. Mr Hodgson, who was long a resident 

 in Nepaul, was the first to give us distinct accounts of this 

 species. He supposed it to be the original of all the domes- 

 tic dogs in the world, and hence termed it Canis primcevus. 

 This kind of dog, indeed, having all the habits of the Hound, 

 may well be supposed, amongst nations of hunters, to have 



