200 THE YENLEE, OR PIED THOUS. 
intermixture of colours the fur exhibits, claims its 
place to be in the present group; and if we look to 
the dogs of the Bosjemen and Koranas, there may 
be a question, whether their descent is not, in part 
at least, derived from a cross with the present spe- 
cies. The ears of the 7. mesomelas are larger than im 
the 7’. anthus ; the nose and forehead are ashy grey ; 
the ears rust-colour outside, whitish within; the 
cheeks whitish-ash and buff; from between the ears, 
over the back of the neck, and from thence spread- 
ing down each shoulder, the colour is black and 
white, variously intermixed ; the space narrows gra- 
dually to a point at the root of the tail or partially 
down the base: this space is composed of hair 
longer and harder than that of the sides, and in 
some specimens the white forms only pencils on the 
black, in others it is a succession of waves, and 
sometimes it forms something of a regular yet unde- 
scribable figure in the midst of the black. The 
throat and breast are whitish grey ; the lower part 
of the shoulders, the hams, and part of the base of 
the tail, with the outside of the limbs, is of a lively 
rusty buff; the belly, furnished with long hairs, is 
dirty white ; the terminal half of the tail invariably 
black; the claws are blunt, the feet naked and 
hard. We are assured that this animal does not 
burrow, but lives among bushes and under promi- 
nent rocks. It is not found on the Karroo or 
wilderness. 
