SPOTTED HY^NA. 63 



The Spotted Hyaena has bred in the Zoological 

 Gardens. 



One thousand six hundred and fifty Hysenas were 

 killed in British India in 1886. 



ESQUIMAUX DOG. 

 Ccmis familiaris. 



Many naturalists have suggested that this animal is 

 of the same species as the Wolf ; it interbreeds freely 

 with this animal, and Indians often use Wolves to 

 increase the size of their domesticated breed of dogs. 

 To us it appears to be merely a domesticated Wolf. Like 

 it, it varies in its colouring, black and white, black, 

 white spotted with brown, white, dark brown, or grizzled, 

 being the predominating colours. 



The fur is dense and thickly covered with strong 

 hairs, and is nearly of the same value as a small wolf- 

 skin. 



The Esquimaux Dog inhabits Labrador, and other 

 eastern parts of British North America. But few skins 

 are sent to this country, and these principally by the 

 Harmony Company ; an occasional skin is sometimes 

 found amongst the Hudson's Bay Company's sundries, or 

 is imported from Greenland. 



The Hare Indian Dog is a variety of this animal, 

 from which it however differs in many respects. 



The dog of North America was used as a beast of 

 burden by the Indians, for drawing household utensils, 

 etc. ; just as in the present day dogs are employed in 

 Germany and Belgium for drawing milk carts, etc. 



The Esquimaux Dog is invaluable for drawing sledges. 

 On many of the Polar expeditions they were employed 



