S8S r CAPE JACK .At. 
lour is a yellowish grey, with a* 1 cast of brown on 
some parts, ow ing to the longer hairs which are of 
that colour ; the feet are strongly tinged with a 
brown cast,, which seems to form a kind of stripes 
or rays ; the belly is cinereous ; the hair on the 
whole animal is soft to the touch ; the head is 
long and pointed ; the snout and part under the 
chin, brown, but the top of the head of a yellow- 
ish ash colour, which passing beyond the ear^ 
forms as it were a spot below them, and descends 
from thence to between the eyes, where it termi- 
nates in a point. Between the eyes, on the cheeks, 
are some oblong patches of a clearer or brighter co- 
lour than the rest of the skin ; the nostrils open in 
the form, of crescents ; on each side the front of the 
nose are seated long hairs or whiskers of a black- 
ish colour ; two similar hairs are also situated at 
each corner of the eye ; and on each side the head, 
in a straight line from the nose, is a similar hair 
like the former ; the ears are small, pointed, and 
elevated, and of a brown colour. There are six 
front teeth in the upper mandible, beyond which 
are two large canine teeth ; and farther back, (so 
far as the dried state of the specimen permitted a 
view) four very pointed grinders : but there are 
probably more, which could not be seen. In the 
lower jaw are six small front teeth, large canine 
ones, and six grinders on each side. The claws 
of this animal resemble those of a cat more than 
of a dog, though not so long and slight in pro- 
portion. Both fore and hind feet have five toes. 
The animal was received from Ceylon under the 
name of wild or wood-dog. 
CAPESCH 8HACKAL, OR CAPE JACKAL. 
This species inhabits the countries about the 
Cape of Good Hope, and may probably be found 
