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THE JACKAL. 
The wolf is valuable for his skin aloH^*' 
which makes a warm and durable fur. 
kenzie informs us, that in one year (1798) tli^ 
Canada Fur Company exported to England 
three thousand eight hundred wolf-skins. 
THE JACKAL. 
There is no essential difference betwea** 
the jackal and the dog. The average length 
of three individuals belonging to the Zoolog*' 
cal Society, is about two feet, and they 
about one foot in height at the most elevate*^ 
part of the back. The tail, bushy, as in tl**' 
fox, is about seven inches in length. Tl**’ 
head, neck, thighs, and outer part of th^ 
limbs and ears, are of a dirty yellow ; uH' 
der the neck and body, and the inner sui" 
face of the limbs, somewhat white ; whil^ 
the back and the sides of the body to th^ 
