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THE NEW HOLLAND DINGO. 
Chryseus Australia. 
PLATE X. 
The Dingo of New Holland, or Canis Australasiz of Authors. 
Tuts animal has been regarded by French natu- 
ralists as a feral dog, although it is unquestionably 
a wild species, only in a small degree reclaimed by 
the savage natives. The fact of being partially do- 
mesticated is not sufficient ground for assuming that 
the Dingo was introduced by human intervention ; 
for this argument would demand its existence in 
New Guinea, and include the necessity of the other 
canines, the jackals of Sumatra and Java, being 
introduced by similar means. The wild Dingos are, 
however, larger and more powerful in the interior 
than the domestic race. In confinement they are 
entirely mute, neither howling, barking, nor growl- 
ing. When offended, they raise the hair upright, 
and assume a truly menacing aspect, but howl in a 
melancholy tone when prowling in a state of free- 
dom. When they attack sheep, their delight is to 
kill as many as they can overtake ; and their bite is 
so severe, that few who are wounded recover. They 
