THE WILD FAUNA OP THE EMPIEE 



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I have never myself seen Lycaon pictus in a domesticated 

 state, but there are instances of this having been attained when 

 the cubs were caught quite young; and a gentleman of my 

 acquaintance, Mr. William Sanderson, who has hunted in the 

 Eastern Transvaal for more than thirty years, told me that he 

 used to take a couple of them on his hunting trips, but could never 

 stop them running in and tearing the fallen game, though they 

 were tolerably amenable in other particulars. His wolf-like nature 

 would, however, prevent the wild dog from ever making a satis- 

 lactory domestic animal ; his expression, and his general appear- 

 ance, are in themselves quite enough to dissipate any notion of 

 his_ having anything but the very remotest connection with the 

 ' friend of man.' 



