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Table XXY III.— Fox-Terriers , pure. 



The Turnspit is included in the Terrier group although, beuig 

 a semi-monstrous form, it is not confined to that breed. It is 

 figured on the ancient monuments of Egypt, and found among 

 Pariahs and other breeds. In England it generally occurs amongst 

 Terriers and Hounds. 



The following table gives the measurements of a specimen in the 

 Oxford Museum. 



Table XXIX.— Turnspit. 



Group Vn. 



In this group we have included a number of wild or semi-wild and 

 other forms, as it seemed better to place them separately than to 

 distribute them among such of the preceding as they might ques- 

 tionably belong to. 



The Pariah or nati\e cur of India is placed near the Terriers by 

 Smith, who states that they all have " lengthened backs, pointed 

 ears, a sharp nose, and the tail more or less fringed." According to 

 Youatt there are several varieties, viz. : — (1 ) A wild form bred in the 

 jungles and lower ranges of the Himalayas, of a reddish-brown 

 colour -with sharp-pointed ears. (2) A form belonging to inhabited 

 districts ; Turnspits are often found amongst these (Si/kes). There 

 is a petted variety which is usually white, with long silky hair. 

 .(3) The Sumatran form, which has the "countenance of a fox, eyes 

 oblique, ears rounded and hairy, muzzle foxy-brown, tail bushy and 

 pendulous." (4) The Javan indigenous dog. Stonehenge describes 

 the Pariah as a cross between the Dhole and any domesticated dog of 

 the neighbourhood, and Fitzinger as a variant of the Sheep-dog, 

 Pelzeln believes that it springs originally from the same form as the 

 Dingo, and that this stem is the Indian wolf ( Canis pallipes), from 

 which, according to Jeitteles, the dog of the Bronze period {Canis 

 uia'ris optimee. J.) was also derived. 



