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rejecting at once the Hairless Dog, identical with the 
Bald Turk of the old continent, admits readily the 
species called Ytzcuinte Potzotli, a dog, short-necked 
in an unusual degree, and humped in shape, with 
silky hair; and the Techichi, wild and melancholy 
in aspect ; as true aboriginal dogs. The first of these 
two species he recognises as the same with the Lap- 
dog of Peru, — the little plump fondling of the 
Indian women ; and the other as a larger and lighter- 
made species, but dull and spiritless, which the In- 
dians make use of in the chase, — in which he sees 
the Forest Dog of Guiana. It seems exceedingly 
probable that there were two breeds of indigenous 
CanidcR in these Islands at the time of the discovery, 
and that their common name Alco was a generic 
appellation ; — that one breed, the silky-haired Alco, 
came hither from Yucatan and Mexico, the seat of 
Indian civilisation ; and that the other, the short- 
haired, was brought in from the Southern Main by 
the predatory Caribs. The variety now known as 
the Mexican Mopsy differs only in the woolly in- 
stead of the silky hair, from the detailed description of 
Bufibn. Pendent ears, the sign of domestication ; the 
forepart of the head white, save round the eyes and on 
the ears, which are tinged with rufous ; the back, 
sometimes, inclined to yellow ; the tail white and 
short, and flowing but half way down the thighs ; 
the body marked occasionally with black spots ; the 
legs white and toes long. These details are minutely 
descriptive of our little Mexican favourites, — the 
yellow-rufous prevailing on the face and ears, inside 
and out, but more especially on the inside ; while 
