THE DOGS OF AUSTRALASIA, 
tips are faults, and he suffers in compari- 
son with Mr. Brooke’s Myall. 
Specimens have occasionally been brought 
home to England. Mr. W. K. Taunton, 
who has had so much experience in the 
acclimatising of foreign breeds of the dog, 
was, I believe, among the first to import 
the Dingo, concerning which he writes :— 
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friend in Paris, to be located in the Jardin 
des Plantes. These dogs do not bark, but 
make a peculiar noise which can scarcely be 
called howling.” 
Mr. H. C. Brooke, who has kept in all 
seventeen specimens in England, and has 
successfully bred from them, informs me 
that they learn to bark, after a fashion, 
if kept continually with domestic 
dogs. Two of his breeding are 
now in the Zoological Gardens, 
Regent’s Park, and he has recently 
succeeded in breeding one entirely 
white puppy, which is a rarity, 
although his Chelsworth Myall 
was white. Mr. Brooke’s experi- 
ence has been that the Dingo may 
certainly be trained to docility. 
DINGO. 
FROM THE MELBOURNE ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. 
“Like most wild dogs, the Dingo bears 
a considerable resemblance to the wolf, 
especially in head, which is wide between 
the ears. The body is rather long, with a 
moderately short and thick coat and bushy 
tail, which, when the dog is in motion, is 
generally carried high and slightly curled, 
but not over the hip. The colour is al- 
most invariably a reddish brown; white 
feet and a white tip to the tail are looked 
upon as indicating sheep-dog cross. The 
Dingo stands about inches at the 
shoulder, and is a strongly made, very 
active dog, with powerful jaws, and teeth 
unusually large in proportion to the animal’s 
size. I see no reason why the Dingo should 
not become as domesticated as any other dog 
within a short space of time. Possibly it 
might take a generation or two to breed out 
their innate wildness, but much would depend 
upon the conditions under which the puppies are 
reared. There is a general impression that these 
dogs are treacherous and not to be trusted. I 
have owned two of this breed, and cannot say 
as far as my experience goes that I have found 
them so. My best specimen I gave to a 
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PURE WHITE DINGO PUPPY. 
BRED BY MR. H. C. BROOKE. 
His Myall, undoubtedly the best ever 
brought to England, and a great prize 
winner, made a companion of a pet chicken. 
This same dog, although caught wild, was 
of high intelligence, and was broken to 
ferrets in half an hour. He was often shut 
up alone in a barn with ferrets, and would 
kill the rats as they were bolted, but 
would never attempt to injure a ferret. 
Kangaroo Hound.— In a country in 
which kangaroo, wallaroo, and wallaby are 
