AND ITS VICINITY. 441 
holes as well as excavations, made by a very small species of dog, not 
much larger than a full-grown rat, who, as the traveller passes, comes 
out to the mouth of the cave, and barks most angrily at the interrup- 
tion. I endeavored to catch one; but they are too wary, and instantly 
enter their holes when pursued. They are known in Mexico by the 
name of ‘ Chihuahua dogs.’”— Travels in Mexico, p. 446. Had the Lieu- 
tenant taken the trouble to ask for the Chihuahua dogs when in the 
city, he would have found them to be the the most gentle and affection- 
ate little creatures, and that instead of living in “caves’’ or holes, they 
spent their time chiefly on ea laps. Of the prairie-dog I shal 
speak hereafter. 
A en a Cl igi Santa lita, Chihuahua, 
