1901.] J. Maiiuers-Smilh— IKo// ByhrUls iyi Gilgif. U5 



was killed oif was exactly like that of this year, i.e., tlie puppies all took 

 after the domestic dog sire and not the wild mothef. 



Ou the other hand the litter of J 890 iucladed my bitch " Jungly " 

 and, according to the villagers, several other puppies like her which 

 escaped. All of these had fur of the wild wolf colour and in appearance 

 were nearer to the wolf than to the domestic dog. 



One of them is probably the mother of this year's puppies, viz., the 

 specimen which is now in the Indian Museum, and at least one other 

 exactly like her in shape though with very light coloured almost white 

 fore-legs was seen by me twice during the winter of 1900-1901 when 

 out shooting between Grilgit and Minawar. These two animals have 

 been known to kill village sheep and goats and have also been seen 

 stalking herds of wild Oorial (0. vignii). 



The hills round Minawar are infested with real wolves, more being 

 caught and killed there each year than anywhere else in the district. 

 My theory as to the origin of these animals is the following. That in 

 the hrst instance, possibly in the winter of 1897-98 a dog wolf lured 

 away a domestic dog bitch from the village of Minawar, or possibly 

 that an old wolf bitch discarded by her own kind or injured in some 

 way accepted the services of a Minawar village dog. 



There would seem to have been a litter in 1898, if the animal 1 saw 

 in the winter of 1898-99 was really one ot" these hybrids. 



Since then at any rate it is certain that at least 3 litters of hybridf. 

 have been produced, and it seems probable that the last two, i.e., those 

 born in 1900 and in 1901, were a second cross from the true Avolf. As 

 one or more of the puppies of the 1899 litter some of which escaped 

 when my ' Jungly ' was caught, would seem to have followed the bad 

 example of their mother and to have consorted with the Minawar village 

 dogs. This may account for their offspring being so much more like the 

 true dog than they themselves. 



An attempt made to breed from my " Jungly " unfortunately failed. 

 She was served by a half bred retriever spaniel in December, 190U. 

 About the usual period for canine gestation she gave signs of being in 

 pup. Her milk glands filled and she became unusually quiet and gentle 

 and displayed great affection for the pups of another dog bitch which 

 had been born shortly before. Usually she cannot be trusted unmuzzled 

 with strange dogs or puppies. Nothing however resulted from 

 herself. 



"Jungly's" character is interesting and perhaps worth a short 

 description. Though she has been brought up with domestic dogs from 

 the time she was a month or so old her wild instincts are by no mean?, 

 subdued. She will still hunt anything bhe can nnlesb carefully watched 



