ORDER OF CARNIVORA. 
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in 1492, and at a much later date passed into Eastern Europe 
and Africa ; lastly, the Common Cur Dog, which has no distinct 
characters, and is the product of all the combinations that can 
be brought about among different breeds wandering in the public 
thoroughfares. 
In this long nomenclature we have designedly omitted to speak 
of some races of Dogs which live either entirely wild, half- wild, 
or semi- domesticated in various parts of the globe. It is generally 
Fig. 167 .— Bull-dogs. 
believed that they have sprung from individuals which had re- 
turned to a savage condition, but nothing certain is known in this 
respect. These are the Dingo, or New Holland Dog, which is 
very destructive to domestic animals, and even to cattle; the 
Dhale, or East Indian Dog, which in packs pursues Deer, Gazelles, 
&c., and which, when collected in troops, does not fear to accept 
combat with the Lion or Tiger ; the Wild Dog of Sumatra ; the 
Cape of Good Hope Dog ; the Maroon Dog of America ; lastly, 
the Crab-eating Dog, which lives in small bands in Guiana, where 
it chiefly subsists on Crabs and Lobsters. 
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