WILD ANIMALS IN CAPTIVITY 
of a pack of either wolves or jackals is a common and 
often dreaded event to the weary traveller in the countries 
where they abound ; on the other hand, it is not on record 
that a pack of foxes was ever encountered ; thus in this 
respect, a difference in disposition is at once clearly dis- 
cernible. In seeking food, the fox is very crafty and sly, 
stealing alone upon its prey; while the dog, wolf, and 
jackal are more sociable, and by uniting in numbers 
become bold, and aid each other in attacking large game, 
thereby exhibiting an amount of intelligence far superior 
to the wily fox. The want of courage and confidence in 
this cunning and unsociable rascal keeps him on a level 
with all wild and timid animals unfitted for domestication. 
Strangely do we find three colours, either distinctly or 
blended together, in every shade and possible variety of 
arrangement upon the skins of the really domestic 
animals, as in the dog, horse, ass, sheep, goat, oxen, camel, 
llama, reindeer, pig, rabbit, guinea-pig, cat, etc. Black 
and white, brown and white, black and brown, or all 
three, black, white, and brown, are found on the same 
animal, as in the tortoise-shell cat, rabbit, or guinea-pig ; 
again, animals wholly black, or white, or brown are met 
with in the different breeds of cattle — goats, sheep, horses, 
rabbits, dogs, cats, pigs, etc. 
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