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impelled by hunger, for all supply of food was purposely withheld, would 

 renew the attack. The result was ever the same. At length the tiger 

 began to treat the dog with more deference, and not only allowed him to 

 partake of the mess of rice and milk furnished daily for his subsistence, 

 but even refrained from any attempt to disturb him. The two animals at 

 length became reconciled to each other, and a strong attachment was 

 formed between them. The dog was then allowed ingress and egress 

 through the aperture ; and, considering the cage as his home, he left it and 

 returned to it just as he thought proper. When the tiger died he moaned 

 the loss of his companion for a considerable period." 



A wild variety exists in Sumatra. It is described by Cuvier as " pos- 

 sessing the countenance of a fox, the eyes oblique, the ears rounded and 

 hairy, the muzzle of a foxy-brown colour, the tail bushy and pendulous, 

 very lively, running with the head lifted high, and the ears straight." 

 This animal can scarcely be rendered tractable, and even when he is 

 apparently tamed can rarely be depended upon. 



As we proceed through the Indian Archipelago, towards Australasia, 

 we skirt the coast of Java. Every Javanese of rank has large packs of 

 dogs with which he hunts the muntjak, the deer of that country. The 

 dogs are led in strings by the attendants until they scent the prey : they 

 are then unloosed, while the sportsmen follow, but not at the speed which 

 would distinguish the British 'sportsman. The animal is generally found at 

 bay. The male muntjak usually exhibits considerable courage, and pro- 

 bably several of the dogs have been wounded by his tusks. As soon as 

 they come up every gun is discharged, and the animal almost immediately 

 drops. At other times the mounted sportsmen attack them with a spear or 

 sword. Generally, the muntjak does not go off like the stag in any direct 

 track, but takes a circular course, and soon returns to the spot whence it 

 was started. It perhaps makes several of these circles, and at length 

 entangles itself in a thicket, where it is secured. 



These dogs are the indigenous breed of the island, the body lank, the 

 ears erect, ferocious in their disposition, and with very little attachment 

 to their masters. Such is the account given of them by Dr. Horsfield. 



THE DINGO, AUSTRALASIAN, OR NEW HOLLAND DOG. 



The newly discovered southern continent was, and some of it still con- 

 tinues to be, overrun by the native wild dogs. Dampier describes them, 

 at the close of the last century, as " beasts like the hungry wolves, lean 

 like so many skeletons, and being nothing but skin and bone." It was 

 not until the publication of Governor Phillip's voyage to Botany Bay, 

 that any accurate description or figure of this dog could be obtained. 

 He approaches in appearance to the largest kind of shepherd's dog. The 

 head is elongated, the forehead flat, and the ears short and erect, or with a 

 slight direction forwards. The body is thickly covered with hair of two 

 kinds the one woolly and gray, the other silky and of a deep yellow or 

 fawn colour. The limbs are muscular, and, were it not for the suspicious 

 yet ferocious glare of the eye, he might pass for a handsome dog. The 

 Australasian dog, according to M. Desmarest, resembles in form and in 

 the proportion of his limbs the common shepherd's dog. He is very 

 active and courageous, covered in some parts with thick hair woolly and 

 gray, in other parts becoming of a yellowish-red colour, and under the 

 belly having a whitish hue. When he is running, the head is lifted more 



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