182 7 DHOLE OF CEYLON. 
mined, in Holland, the skin of a dog which was said 
to have come from Ceylon and corresponded suth- 
ciently to admit of its being the same species, 
although it was at least four inches longer and the 
colours were less grey and more fulvous; the tail 
was long and without a brush, and the claws blunt, 
but with five on each foot. It is evident that the 
discrepancies between the two were owing to non- 
age, in Boddeert’s specimen. The skull we have 
not seen. 
Although in the following extract it is likely that 
more than one species may be confounded, yet the 
description is in general so like that of the true or 
greyhound Dhole, that it may be surmised a race of 
Chryseus actually extends to the Cape; and it is 
probably mixed up with some characters of the 
Tokla, which will be mentioned with the Thoes. 
In Dr Shaw’s Zoology, wild dogs are mentioned 
as inhabiting Congo, Lower Ethiopia, and the vici- 
nity of the Cape of Good Hope. ‘“ They are said 
to be red-haired, with slender bodies and turned up 
tails, like greyhounds. It is also added, that they 
vary in colour, have upright ears, and are of the 
general size of a large fox-hound ; they destroy 
cattle, and hunt down antelopes and many other 
animals, and commit great ravages among the sheep 
of the Hottentots; they are very seldom taken, 
being exceedingly swift as well as fierce ; the young 
are said to be sometimes obtained, but grow so 
fierce as to be with great difficulty rendered domes- 
tic. In this short description we recognise the 
