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THE AFRICAN BLOODHOUND. 
CANIS DOMESTICUS. Linn. Var. 
Tue generic characters of this well known group, com- 
prehending not only the various races of the Dog, the 
Wolf, and the Jackal, but also the numerous species of 
Foxes, which differ from the rest only in the form of the 
pupils of their eyes (which are round in the former, and 
transversely linear in the latter) may be shortly enume- 
rated as follows. They are all furnished in the upper 
jaw with six sharp incisors and two canine teeth in 
front, and with six molars on each side; the same 
number of each description is also to be found in the 
lower, with the addition of a seventh grinder. Their 
tongue is perfectly smooth, the papillae which cover it 
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