WILD AXUTALS IN CAPTIVITY 



of a pack of either wolves or jackals is a common and 

 often dreaded event to the weary traveller in the countries 

 where they abound ; on the other hand, it is not on record 

 that a pack of foxes was ever encountered ; thus in this 

 respect, a difference in disposition is at once clearly dis- 

 cernible. In seeking food, the fox is very crafty and sly, 

 stealing alone upon its prey; while the dog, wolf, and 

 jackal are more sociable, and by uniting in numbers 

 become bold, and aid each other in attacking large game, 

 thereby exhibiting an amount of intelligence far superior 

 to the wily fox. The want of courage and confidence in 

 this cunning and unsociable rascal keeps him on a level 

 with all wild and timid animals unfitted for domestication. 

 Strangely do we find three colours, either distinctly or 

 blended together, in every shade and possible variety of 

 arrangement upon the skins of the really domestic 

 animals, as in the dog, horse, ass, sheep, goat, oxen, camel, 

 llama, reindeer, pig, rabbit, guinea-pig, cat, etc. Black 

 and white, brown and white, black and broAvn, or all 

 three, black, white, and brown, are found on the same 

 animal, as in the tortoise-shell cat, rabbit, or guinea-pig ; 

 again, animals wholly black, or white, or brown are met 

 with in the different breeds of cattle — goats, sheep, horses, 

 rabbits, dogs, cats, pigs, etc. 



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