WILD ANIMALS IN CAPTIVITY 
undercoat. Legs, feet, and toes : Dog — short, stout, and 
thick, blunt claws, directed downwards in the front feet ; 
fox — slender, long, and with thin and usually sharp claws, 
not directed downwards, but standing forward. Tail : 
Dog — somewhat flattened, never reaching the ground, and 
terminating with a ]3oint ; fox — a round woolly brush, 
reaching and touching the ground, and terminating with 
a pendulous tuft. 
Not one of the fox-dogs submitted to the writers in- 
spection possessed a single character recorded above as 
belonging to the fox ; it would, however, be too much to 
expect that a gamekeeper, who has for years cherished the 
belief in fox-dogs, would dispel the charm and undeceive 
himself, but he may some day quietly hint that, after all, 
the case would admit of the least possible doubt. 
The slender body and limbs of a fox are undiscernible 
when clothed as they are by nature with the long, flne, 
and woolly fur ; but divested of the skin, and placed by 
the side of an Italian greyhound, in the same condition, 
the flneness of the form is at once discernible, the latter 
(the Italian greyhound) appearing very clumsy. The 
comparison can be better judged by those who have seen 
and could look at a skinned hare and rabbit side by side, 
but who would probably shudder at the sight of a skinless 
dog or fox. 
Whatever may be said about the difference existing 
between dogs and foxes will not bold good in reference to 
dogs, wolves, and jackals. 
Wolves and jackals appear so alike that the only 
appreciable distinction is the size ; and so closely do they 
resemble many dogs, n^t only in appearance but in habit, 
and breeding freely in captivity and producing fertile 
progeny, that no difficulty presents itself in regarding 
them as of or from one stock. The manner in which a 
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