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while its companion had the black spots quite close to each other, 

 though much more distinct. 



Then in Hyde Park one day I saw a curious Toy-terrier. It 

 was of the black-and-tan, short-haired breed ; but the parts that are 

 usually wholly black, in this case were grey, blotched and striped 



Fig. 33. — Brindled Dog, from a photograph by C. R., 847. 



with black. It was not unlike the black-backed Jackal of the 

 Zoological Gardens. 



Fig. 33 is that of a Brindled Dog. Here the stripes are unlike 

 those of the Tiger — that is, not so decided, but more like the 

 brindling on the shoulders of the small Cats in Fig. 27. The stripes 

 of the Dog are much finer and dissociated ; but in the streets I have 



