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eternal snows of the Himalayas), and is the 
only specimen in England. 
“As the existing quarantine rules make it 
doubtful when another will be imported, it is 
more than probable that ‘Dsamu’ will main- 
tain his ‘splendid isolation’ until his dying 
day. He presents a striking imstance of 
the power of the migratory instinct in 
animals. Although he has been in England 
for several years (six, at least), he always 
gets very restless about the end of September 
or beginning of October, and this condition 
lasts for some four weeks, during which 
time he eats but little, runs to and fro 
groaning like a bear with a sore ear, and 
unless carefully watched will tear down 
the fences and wander off, though all the 
rest of the year the very slightest fence is 
sufficient to confine him. This tendency 
on his part, being mentioned in the now 
defunct journal ‘The Exhibitor,’ elicited 
the followmg reply from a writer who 
conceals his identity under the name of 
Kinchinjunga, but who we happen to know 
is one whose opinions are valuable :—‘ His 
kith and kind are, and have been for 
generations, migratory dogs, going up-range 
in the Himalayas in May to avoid the heat 
of the hot weather and the wet of the 
monsoon, and coming down-range in October 
and November to get clear of the snowfall. 
It is exceedingly imteresting to see the 
animal retain these artificial accomplishments 
of a nomadic life in civilised life in England, 
where there is only a nominal hot weather 
and no monsoon.’ These remarks, I 
assume, would apply more to those dogs 
which lve in the Himalayas and on the 
borders of Tibet than to those living in 
Tibet proper; and it is a fact that ‘Dsamu’ 
was imported from the Himalayas.” 
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CONCERNING the other two photographs on 
this page, Miss Ethel Woissam, 
the owner of the dog, writes :— 
“T enclose two photographs of 
a dog that has been in our possession for 
two or three years. It is said to be a 
Siberian Sledge Dog, but it does not corre- 
spond exactly with the photograph in your 
number for September, 1902, but is more 
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like the White Wolf im December, 1902. 
He is about the size of a small collie, and 
is of a biscuit-colour. He also digs holes 
as do the Hsquimaux dogs. He is no good 
as a house-dog, for he only barks when he 
is pleased. He feels the heat very much 
in summer, and even in winter it is difficult 
to get a photograph of him without his 
tongue out.” 
Mr. H. C. Brooke, to whom the photo- 
graphs were shown, says:—“So far as can 
be judged from the photograph, the dog may 
be a ‘Siberian sledge dog, but of no merit; 
probably a badly-bred one. It might be a 
badly-bred Arctic dog of any variety. I 
should not be surprised—judging merely from 
the photographs, which of course is hard to 
do—it the dog had a little wolf blood in 
him. His coat is not like that of a good 
Samoyede or Hsquimaux.” 
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For the photograph on page 309 we are 
indebted to Mrs. J. H. Mitchell, of Great 
Haywood, who is the owner of the happy 
family depicted. 
