Early History of the Dog II 
in confinement for several months in order to study them. Some of these 
produced young while in his possession. From the “Proceedings” of the 
Zodlogical Society for 1833 we extract as follows: ‘The Buansu preys at 
night as well as by day and hunts in packs of six to ten individuals, main- 
taining the chase rather by powers of smell than by the eye, and generally 
overcoming its quarry by force and perseverance. In hunting it barks like 
a hound, but its bark is peculiar and unlike that of the cultivated breeds of 
dogs and the strains of the jackal and the fox. Adults in captivity made 
no approach toward domestication, but a young one, which Mr.Hodgson 
obtained when it was not more than a month old, became sensible of caresses, 
distinguished the dogs of its own kennel from others, as well as its keepers 
from strangers, and in its whole conduct manifested to the full as much 
intelligence as any of his sporting dogs of the same age.” Following the 
account of this dog the following note appears: A letter was read, ad- 
dressed to the Secretary, by W. A. Wooler, Esq., giving an account of a 
wild dog in the Presidency of Bombay, locally known as “Dhale,”’ which 
was probably a misspelling of the more usual word, “Dhole.” The habits 
of this dog were described by Mr. Wooler and were similar to those of the 
Buansu. 
Colonel Sykes, an extensive traveller and keen sportsman, writing in 
1831, described the variety named by him Canis Duckhunensis, which he 
said was the wild dog of Dukhun, or Deccan. “Its head is compressed 
and elongated, its nose not very sharp. The eyes are oblique, the pupils 
round, the irides light-brown. The expression is that of a coarse, ill- 
natured Persian greyhound, without any resemblance to the jackal, the 
fox, or the wolf; and in consequence essentially distinct from the Canis 
Quao, or Sumatrensis of General Hardwicke. Ears long, erect, and some- 
what. rounded at the top, without any replication of the tragus. Limbs 
remarkably large and strong in relation to the bulk of the animal, its size 
being intermediate between the wolf and the jackal.” This dog was called 
Kolsun by the natives, and some two years later Colonel Sykes had an oppor- 
tunity to compare some of them with the Buansu. The report thereon 
appears in the “Transactions” of the Asiatic Society for 1834: “And showed 
that the two dogs are perfectly similar in their general form and in the 
form of the cranium, and that in his specimen, as well as that of Mr. Hodg- 
son, the hinder tubercular tooth of the lower jaw was wanting.” There 
was a difference in their coats, that of the Buansu being darker and denser. 
