THE PARIAH DOG. 185 
notice taken that they burrow, apparently resem- 
bling in this respect the rest of the present group ; 
they associate in large numbers, and thereby approxi- 
mate jackals, but their voice is totally different from 
them. In form the wild Pariah is more bulky than 
the last-mentioned species, but low on the legs and 
assuming the figure of a turnspit; and the tail of 
a middling length, without much flexibility, is more 
bushy at the end than at the base; the ears are 
erect, pointed, and turned forward ; the eyes hazle ; 
the density of fur varies according to latitude, and 
the rufous colour of the whole body is darker in the 
north than in the south, where there is a silvery 
tinge instead of one of black upon the upper parts. 
They are said to have five claws on all the feet, but 
if there be a molar less in the lower jaw, is not 
known. This species is in general so similar to the 
domestic, that if it were not ascertained they existed 
in great numbers in the wildest forests at the base 
of the Himalayas, all possessing uniform colours, 
they would be considered, in the lower provinces, of 
the domestic breed, and are often mistaken for them 
when they follow armies. The domestic, however, 
are less timid, generally more mixed with other 
races of dogs, more mangy about the skin, and 
variously coloured in fur. Their voice is yelping 
and howling, but may be distinguished from the 
jackals’ by the sound. 
The Pariah is certainly the connecting link with 
the jackals, but as these constitute a small group 
occupying an immense surface of the old continent, 
