FOXES 
worthy people, yet in no one instance has the fullest, most 
complete, and minutest investigation revealed any proof 
that the statement, respecting the parentage of the animal, 
Avas based upon facts. 
The most foxy-looking of the specimens was considered 
by its owner to be undoubtedly a cross between a dog-fox 
and a small terrier bitch ; in size it was less than a fox, 
being shorter in body and legs, and of a bright, sandy red ; 
with ears erect and tail drooping, its little sharp muzzle 
at first reminded one of a fox, but upon the most careful 
comparison the result given beloAv will be seen — in fact, 
only in size did this little dog differ from the dingo of 
Australia ; it was nothing more nor less than a dwarf or 
bantam dingo in every particular. However much in 
appearance the supposed fox-dog may resemble the fox, 
yet when placed by the side of a veritable fox and ex- 
ternally compared, all the points advanced previously in 
its favour fall off one by one in the following order : — Eyes 
(pupil of) : Hog — circular ; fox — vertical. Nose and muzzle : 
Hog — rounded, and the lips thick and few whiskers ; fox 
— sharp, and the lips thin, but the whiskers well developed. 
Mouth : Hog — canine teeth stout, strong, rather short, not 
much curved ; fox — canine teeth long, slender, sharp, and 
much curved. No dog unless larger than a fox has the 
canine teeth so much developed, and the gape of the fox 
is wider than in the dog of about the same size. Ears : 
Hog — colour outside the same as the neck and back, inside 
thinly edged with short hair ; fox — colour outside black, 
inside thickly fringed or coated with long and rather stiff 
hair, in fact the ears appear full of hair. Coat : Hog — 
hair somewhat stiff, harsh, short or only moderately long, 
and of an uniform colour to the base of the hair ; no woolly 
undercoat ; fox — hair long, points harsh, lower half soft 
and the base dark-coloured, a fine wool forming a thick 
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