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catch, and partially tame and use the whelps of the wild species of Canis, as do the savages oJ istralia 

 those of the Dingo." 



These statements certainly tend to show that there is no actual improbability in supp ,ig that 



ESKIMO DOQS. 



many wild species of Canidce have at different times, and by different nations, been tamed and gradually 

 modified into true domestic Dogs. But the most significant fact bearing upon the multiple origin of 

 the Dog is the often-occurring close resemblance between the domestic Dog of a savage tribe and the 

 wild species of Canis inhabiting the same district. Of this most important circumstance there are far 

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