180 EASILY DOMESTICATED. 



haste with which they eat, and the 

 tenacity with which they cling to anything 

 after once getting hold, are remarkable 

 features. 



Another puppy that I captured upon a 

 subsequent occasion, and which would 

 follow at my heels like any civilised dog, 

 passing a flock of sheep, when not bigger 

 than a small Blenheim spaniel, ran at one 

 of the largest, seized it by the belly, and 

 was dragged for half a mile through the 

 fields without letting go its hold. It grew 

 as tame as any wild animal could possibly 

 become, accompanied me always when 

 journeying from place to place, and would 

 come instantly when called. It would not 

 allow itself to be touched when feeding, but 

 at all other times was playful, and very 

 fond of being caressed. I had some difliculty 

 in getting it to eat anything but flesh, but 

 perseverance efiected this, and I sometimes 

 fed it for a week together upon cakes or 

 rice. I had not an opportunity of tracing 

 the development of its character, for when 



