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SECTION II. CHRYSEUS. 
THE RED DOGS. 
THE second group of wild dogs belongs to the old 
continent, and at present is found in Asia from the 
southern side of the Himalaya ridge to Ceylon, and 
from China to the Mediterranean. By a notice in 
Shaw’s Zoology, it appears equally spread through 
Africa, and with a slight modification of characters ; 
other species are observed in the great Australian 
islands, occupying, with the exception of New Hol- 
land, the same portions of the ancient world where 
the largest feline reside, as if they were appointed 
to keep them within bounds. The obscure name of 
Chaon, mentioned by Celius to be the parent of the 
Chaonian dogs, and merely noted as /uporum genus, 
may have indicated this group in the earliest Doric 
tongue. All the species examined were found to 
want the second tubercular tooth in the lower jaw, 
had the soles of the feet hairy, and were more or 
less long-bodied and fulvous in their livery: they 
had the eyes oblique, and eight mamme. There is 
no evidence that any of them burrow; hence their 
greater shyness and retired life in the jungles, the 
habits of constant co-operation, the necessity of 
