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inclined to be friendly with Mm, but she never wagged her tail as 

 canine puppies would have done in such a case; sometimes, when 

 alone, she jumps up and frisks on her hind legs, but her playfulness 

 comes to an end quickly, and she whimpers in a sad way as if yearn- 

 ing for freedom. Latterly, she has ceased to be friendly with the 

 spaniels, and flies at them if they come near her, and seizes them by 

 the ears or snaps at their flanks. I always feed her myself, and she is 

 less shy with me than with anyone else, but if I come near her sud- 

 denly she gives a short snappy grrr, and dashes round to the end of 

 her chain — soon returning to see if the usual bit of meat or drink of 

 milk has been brought her. I had to give up holding the meat while 

 she seized it from my hand, for as often as not she caught my fingers 

 as well as the meat in her pike-like snatches. Her teeth are sharp and 

 her jaws powerful — she cracks small bones easily. She screams 

 (I might almost say) with excitement if my spaniels get their food 

 before she gets hers. She is as fierce as she is shy, and if certain of 

 my sei'vants come near her she bristles up and goes for them at once. 

 She struggles and bites like a demon when anyone tries to touch 

 her, but once she is lifted up by a hand being placed under her, she 

 remains quite quiet and does not snap even if one touches her head. 

 Although Hodgson partially tamed some young wild dogs, I do not 

 think that any amount of training would make this animal learn to 

 be gentle. Shyness and distrust of man, fierceness and currishness 

 combined, swiftness in snatching, tenacity in hanging on, — these 

 are her strong points. When she lays her ears back, she looks a 

 regular tyke, a truculent little skunk, meaner than the meanest 

 village cur; but when she erects her ears or turns them forward, she 

 looks more as a wild animal should. Her favourite position of watch- 

 fulness is lying down, with her head resting on or between her 

 forepaws, her large bat-like ears bent forward, and her bright eyes 

 keenly observing every movement. This position would enable her 

 to catch sound-vibrations well also. She sometimes climbs about on 

 her large basket, and shews almost cat-like agility in balancing 

 herself on the ledge. In short, she is essentially a wild creature. 

 In the adult animal, the senses of hearing, sight and smell must be 

 developed to an extraordinary degree of perfection, judging, from 

 this immature specimen alone. 



