1885. ] Lvdlogy. 899 
followed them at the heeles ; but wee retired vnto our boate with- 
out any hurt at all received.” (The voyage of the ship called the 
Marigold of M. Hill of Redrise vnto Cape Breton and beyond to 
the latitude of 44 degrees and an half, 1593, written by Richard 
Fisher Master Hilles man of Redriffe. Hacluyt, 111, 239.) 
It is probably this variety, the bones of which have been found 
by Dr. J. Wyman, in the shell heaps of Casco bay, Maine. 
“The presence of the bones of the dog might be accounted 
for on the score of its being a domesticated animal, but the fact 
that they were not only found mingled with those of the edible 
kinds, but like them were broken up, suggests the probability of 
their having been used as food. We have not seen it mentioned, 
however, by any of the earlier writers, that such was the case 
along the coast, though it appears to have been otherwise with re- 
gard to some of the interior tribes, as the Hurons. With them, 
game being scarce, “ venison was a luxury found only at feasts, 
and dog flesh was in high esteem.” * * * A whole left half 
of the lower jaw of a wolf was found at Mount Desert, measur- 
ing 7.5 inches in length, making a strong contrast in size witha 
similar half from a dog found at Crouch’s cove. This was more 
_ curved, and had a length of a little less than five inches.” (AMER. 
Nar., 1, 576, Jan. 1868.) 
It is possible that the Newfoundland dog was indigenous on 
that island, and also an offshoot of the gray wolf, allied to the 
Eskimo, In their “ Newfoundland,” Messrs Hatton and Harvey 
Say that there are few fine specimens of the world-renowned 
“ Newfoundland dog” to be met with now in the island from 
which it derived its name. “ The origin of this fine breed is lost 
ound in Labrador, and specimens are also to be met with in 
Newfoundland,” Pp. 194-195. 
i Regar ding the dogs of the Mexican Indians, Nadaillac says in 
his Prehistoric America: “The European dog, our faithful com- 
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