28 ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, 
years attracted so much of the public attention. In 
all of these the Esquimaux Dog forms so prominent a 
feature, as the patient and enduring friend, the bold, 
active, and experienced hunter, the laborious beast of 
burden, in a word the indispensable assistant of his 
master under all circumstances and in every emergency, 
that it is impossible to have read them without retaining 
a strong impression of the value of the services which 
he performs for the rude tribes who owe every thing to 
his docility and to his skill. 
Our specimen is of a dingy white with a tinge of 
yellow on the upper parts, which gradually fades away 
upon the sides, and exhibits no appearance of the black 
markings so commonly seen in this variety. Its size is 
that of an English mastiff; its make robust and well 
proportioned ; with a short but regularly diminishing 
muzzle; upright and pointed ears; strong and thick- 
set legs; and a long bushy tail covered with broadly 
diverging hairs and constantly curled upwards over the 
back. It was brought to this country by Lieutenant 
Henderson, one of the companions of Captain Ross, 
and is as quiet and good tempered as it is possible for a 
dog to be. 
