Fig. 2. THE DINGO. 



CHAPTEE II. 



WILD AND HALF-RECLAIMED DOGS HUNTING IN PACKS. THE DINGO. THE 

 DHOLE. THE PARIAH. THE WILD DOG OF AFRICA. THE SOUTH- 

 AMERICAN DOG. THE NORTH-AMERICAN DOG. OTHER WILD DOGS. 



THE DINGO. 



It is upon the great similarity between these wild dogs and the 

 wolf or fox, that the supposition is founded of the general descent 

 of the domesticated dog from either the one or the other. After 

 examining the portrait of the dingo, it will at once be seen that it 

 resembles the fox so closely in the shape of its body, that an or- 

 dinary observer could readily mistake it for one of that species, 

 while the head is that of the wolf. The muzzle is long and pointed, 

 the ears short and erect. Hight about 24 inches, length 30 inches. 

 His coat is more like fur than hair, and is composed of a mix- 

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