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near, particularly as whenever that cry is heard the voice of no other 

 jackal is, nor is that particular call ever heard in any part of the country 

 where there are not large beasts of prey. Pheall, I believe, was the original, 

 and is now the usual name from its resembling the cry they make, but 

 they are better known in Ramghur by the name Phinkm; which means 

 crier — ^proclaimer — or warner." Mr. Blyth records that, " some time ago I 

 heard a pariah dog upon snififing the collection of live tigers, before 

 referred to, set up the most extraordinary cry I have ever heard uttered 

 by a dog, and which I cannot pretend to record more intelligibly, but 

 it was doubtless an analogous note to the Pheall cry of the jackal." I 

 have often heard this peculiar ciy, and seen a jackal following a tiger in 

 various parts of the country ; and I have already noted my turning a 

 jackal out of the same bush as -a cheeta. 



A horn is supposed by the natives in the some parts of India to grow 

 on the head of some jackals, which is of great reputed virtue, ensuring 

 prosperity to its possessor. The same idea is prevalent in Ceylon. 



The jackal is found over a great part of Asia, in Southern Europe, and 

 in Northern Africa. 



There are several allied species of small or moderate size in Africa and 

 part of Asia. ^ ^ 



The domestic dog belongs to this division, but his origin is lost in 

 obscurity, and it is probable that several species of wolf and other animals 

 may have contributed to form this valuable animal. Now and then very 

 jackal-like dogs may be seen about villages, but whether these are hybrids, 

 or simply a reversion to one of the original types, it is impossible to say. 

 In India it is a well known fact that the various breeds of English dogs, 

 if bred in the plains, have a tendency to change towards the pariah dog, 

 the muzzle of the bull-dog as well as his limbs lengthening sensibly in 

 even two generations. 



The next animal, though called a dog, differs in its dentition so remark- 

 ably that it has been made the type of a distinct genus. 



Gen. CuoN, Hodgson. 



Char. — General structure and dentition of Cams, but the molars only 

 ■T, — - ; the second tubercular behind the flesh tooth in the lower jaw being 

 deficient; skull more uniformly arched than in dogs; jaws shorter and 



