HARE-INDIAN DOG. 155 
the different tribes of Indians that frequent the borders of Great Bear 
lake and the Mackenzie river. 
GENERAL REMARKS. 
From the size of this animal it might be supposed by those who are 
desirous of tracing all the Dogs to some neighbouring wolf, hyena, jackal, 
or fox, that it had its origin either from the prairie wolf or the red fox, or 
a mixture of both. 
The fact, however, that these wolves and foxes never associate with 
each other in the same vicinity, and never have produced an intermediate 
variety, or, that we are aware of, have ever produced a hybrid in their 
wild state, and more especially the fact that the prairie wolf, as stated by 
Richardson, does not exist within hundreds of miles of the region where 
this Dog is bred, must lead us to look to some other source for its origin. 
Its habits, the manner in which it carries its tail, its colour, and its bark, 
all differ widely from those of the prairie wolf. 
We have never had an opportunity of seeing this animal and examining 
it, except in the stuffed specimen from which our drawing was made ; we 
are therefore indebted to Sir John Richardson for all the information we 
possess in regard to its habits, and have in this article given the results of 
his investigations mostly in his own language. 
