42 Canadian Record of Science. 



1593, written by Eichard Fisher Master Hilles, man of 

 Kedriffe. Hakluyt, iii. 239.) 



It is probably this variety, the bones of which have been 

 found by Dr. J. Wyman, in the shell heaps of Casco Bay, 

 Maine. " The presence of the bones of the dog might be 

 accounted for on the score of its being a domesticated 

 animal, but the fact that they were not only found mingled 

 with those of the edible kinds, but, like them, were broken 

 up, suggests the probability of their having been used as food. 

 We have not seen it mentioned, however, by any of the earlier 

 writers, that such was the case along the coast, though it 

 appears to have been otherwise with regard to some of the 

 interior tribes, as the Hurons. "With them, game being 

 scarce, ' venison was a luxury found only at feasts, and dog 

 fleshwas in high esteem.' . . . A whole left half of the 

 lower jaw of a wolf was found at Mount Desert, measuring 

 7.5 inches in length, making a strong contrast in size with a 

 similar half from a dog found at Crouch's cove. This was 

 more curved, and a length of a little less than five inches." 

 (Amer. Nat., i. 576, Jan., 1868.) 



It is possible that the Newfoundland dog was indigenous 

 on that island, and also an offshoot of the gray wolf allied 

 to the Eskimo. In their " Newfoundland," Messrs. Hatton 

 and Harvey say that there are few specimens of the world- 

 renowned Newfoundland dog to be met with now in the 

 island from which it derived its name. " The origin of this 

 fine breed is lost in obscurity. It is doubtful whether the 

 aborigines possessed the dog at all ; and it is highly impro- 

 bable that the Newfoundland dog is indigenous. Some 

 happy crossing of breeds may have produced it here. The 

 old settlers say that the ancient genuine breed consisted of 

 a dog about twenty-six inches high, with black ticked body, 

 gray muzzle, and gray or white stockinged legs, with deer 

 claws behind." Judicious treatment has greatly improved 

 the breed. " Their color is white with black patches, curly 

 coats, noble heads and powerful frames. The favorite New- 

 foundland dog at present is entirely black, of large size, 

 from twenty-six to thirty inches in height, remarkable for 

 his majestic appearance. It is now generally admitted that 



