THE HARE-INDIAN DOG. 
Canis familiaris. Var. lagopvs. 
The Mackenzie River, or, as Dr. Richardson has pre- 
ferred naming it, the Hare-Indian Dog, is of small size 
and slender make. Its muzzle is narrow, elongated, 
and pointed ; its ears broad at the base, pointed at the 
tip, and perfectly erect ; its legs rather long and deli- 
cate ; and its tail thick, bushy, and curved slightly 
upv^ards, but not by any means v^ith the decided curl 
of the Esquimaux. Its body is covered with long 
straight hairs, the ground-colour of which is white, 
marked with large irregular patches of grayish black 
intermingled with various shades of brown. The ears 
are covered on the outside with short brown hair, which 
becomes blackish towards the margin and at the base ; 
that of the inside is longer and white. On the muzzle 
the hair is white and very short, as also on the legs ; 
but becomes thicker and somewhat longer on the feet, 
and is continued to the very extremities of the toes. 
Dr. Richardson suspects that this variety of the 
