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3 CV. A fupplementary Letter on the Identity of the Species of the 
Dog, Wolf, and Jackal'; from John Hunter, Efj ♦ F \ R . S, 
. addrejfcd to Sir Jofeph Banks, Bart . P. P, /S’. 
Read April 30, 178^. 
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I N the year 1787 I had the honour of prefenting to this learned 
Society, a Paper to prove the Wolf, the Jackal, and the Dog to 
be of the fame fpecies. But as the complete proof of the Wolf 
being a Dog, which confifted in the half-bred puppy breeding 
again, had not been under my own infpe&ion, although fufft- 
ciently well authenticated, I laved a female of one of the half- 
bred puppies, mentioned in that Paper, in hopes of being my- 
felf a witnefs of the fa£t ; but when the period of impregna- 
tion arrived, we unluckily miffed that opportunity. However, 
another half-bred puppy has had young, which is equally 
fatisfaftory to me as if my own had bred. John Symmons, 
Efq.of Milbank, has had a female Wolf in his pofleffion for fome 
time, who was lined by a Dog, and brought forth feveral pup- 
pies, which I had the honour of feeing with you. This was a 
very fhort time after the brood had been produced by Mr. 
Go u gh’s Wolf, the fubjeft of my former Paper, therefore the 
puppies were nearly of an age with mine. Thefe puppies Mr* 
Symmons has reared; only one of them was a female, andfhe 
had much more of the mother or Wolf in her than any of 
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