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Group I. — Wolf-dogs. 



This group contains: — (1) Esquimaux; (2) Kamtschatka dog; 

 (3) Sheep-dog, of which tliere are three varieties — a. Collie, 

 /3. Southern Sheep-dog, y. Drover's dog ; (4) Newfoundland ; 

 (.5) St. Bernard's dog. The last two, according to some authorities, 

 form a group by themselves. 



Table I. — Es^uiinaux Dogs. 



Nos. 1 & 2. Roy. Cnll. Surgeons. Nos. 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. Nat. Hist. Mus. (5. Nootka Sound). 

 No. 8. Trin. Coll. Dubl. (Disco). Nos. 9 & 10. Camb. Uni?. (Arctic Eiped.). Noa. 11 & 12. 

 Orfoid Univ. 



Smith considers that these dogs together with the Newfoundland 

 breed come from the Nootka dog and are thus of Asiatic origin. 

 Fitzinger thinks they are variations of the Sheep-dog (Haushund, 

 Canis domesticus) . 



The object of this paper being chiefly to place on record our 

 measurements even where they do not appear to have any particular 

 bearing upon any theory, it may here be said, once for all, that we 

 shall give various dimensions which we have obtained of isolated 

 examples in such places as may appear most suitable for them. We 

 do this in the hope that some future workers, more versed in taxo- 

 nomy than ourselves, may find them of use at some time. Thus, the 

 following are the measurements of a hybrid between the Esquimaux 

 dog and a European wolf (Nat. Hist. Mus.). 



