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THE DOG. 
ttiost part white with black patches, is ex- 
tremely fine and silky, increasing in thickness 
in winter, and then becoming also more ge- 
nerally white, the black parts assuming a 
niuch lighter colour, somewhat of a slaty gmy. 
"This species of dog is commonly kept by the 
Hare Indians, because, from his light make 
and the breadth of his foot, he is peculiarly 
suitable for the pursuit of the moose-deer over 
ti'e snow, without sinking, as a heavier dog 
Would do. Three dogs of this species are in 
gardens of the Zoological Society. 
Nearly akin to the dog of Mackenzie River, 
nre the dogs of the Esquimaux, Laplanders, 
^nd Kamtschadales. The Esquimaux dogs 
nre brindled ; some black and white, others 
almost entirely black, and others of a dingy 
^®d. They are clothed in a thick furry coat, 
I oir hair being in winter three or four inches 
ong. They never bark, but have a long me- 
nucholy howl, like the wolf. The Esquimaux, 
