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DINGO. 



Canis Dingo. 



The Dingo is the Wild Dog of Australia. 



Its general colour is red-brown, black, and brindled 

 (like Wolves), or red-brown with black hairs, are some- 

 times met with. 



It is about 3 feet long, and breeds in confinement. 



The skin of the Dingo is of small value, and very few 

 are imported. 



COMMON OR EUROPEAN WOLF. 



Canis lupus. 

 French : Loup. German : Wolf. 



The Wolf, although extinct in Great Britain and 

 Ireland, still exists in some quantities in the West of 

 Europe ; it is found in Spain, France, Russia, Hungary, 

 Austria (Garinthia), East Prussia, and Belgium (Forest 

 of Ardennes). 



In severe and cold weather it leaves its refuge in the 

 hills and comes out of its covert in the forest to commit 

 ravages among the herds, and even penetrates into the 

 villages. 



In recent years an attempt has been made to exter- 

 minate or greatly reduce the number of Wolves in 

 France. In 1883, 1,308 Wolves were killed, for which 

 4,105 were paid : 200 francs for a full-grown Wolf, 

 150 francs for a she-Wolf, 100 francs for a Wolf not 

 fully grown, and 40 francs for a young Wolf. 



