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CARNIVORA. 
three months old when taken : it was necessary to 
confine it ; and, when any one approached, the ani- 
mal growled and barked in the manner of the com- 
mon dog, but louder and more confusedly. It drank 
by lapping, and ate flesh both cooked and raw, press- 
ing on it with the fore paw, while it pulled at and 
tore it with the teeth. He also mentions another, 
which was taken when adult, but could not be tamed : 
it died of chagrin from loss of its liberty. 
THE ANTARCTIC DOG. LE CHIEN ANTARCTIQUE. 
Canis Antarcticus, Shaw. 
There is every reason to suppose, that this is the 
culpeu of Molina, which he describes as a wild dog, 
differing but little from the common fox, except in 
its size ; its colour, which is a dark brown ; and in 
having a long straight tail, covered with short hair, 
like that of the common dog. From the point of 
the nose to the root of the tail it is two feet and a 
half in length, and its height is about twenty-two 
inches. Whenever the culpeu perceives a man, it 
comes straight toward him, and, at the distance of 
five or six paces, stops and looks attentively at him. 
If the person do not move, the animal remains for 
some minutes in this situation, and, without at- 
tempting to do him any injury, retires. This singular 
curiosity of the culpeu is so well known to the in- 
