THE LIVING WORLD. 
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seemingly eminent, and upon tills hint the pack sought 
two of the most 
other lodgings. 
The skin of the 
wild dog is 
fonnd to be 
superior to all 
other material 
for gun-covers, 
50 that since 
the invasion of 
Africa by Cau¬ 
casian hunters, 
with their arm¬ 
ament of small 
artillery, the 
wild dog has a 
new danger to 
fear. 
The War- 
ragal,or Dingo 
(Cams .dingo), 
is Australian 
and very harm¬ 
ful to those en¬ 
gaged in sheep¬ 
raising. Form¬ 
ing themselves 
into packs they 
seem to district 
the country, and each pack to strictly confine itself to its own allotment. It is 
brownish-red' or reddish-brown, sharp-muzzled, has a bushy tail, small, crafty- 
looking eyes and short pointed ears 
rising straight from its head. It is 
tenacious, of life and a perfect 
Spartan in the endurance of pain. 
It relies upon cunning rather than 
upon strength, but if forced to fight 
it becomes a very ugly adversary. 
When domesticated it retains its un¬ 
pleasant savage habits, and is liable 
at any moment to attack its owner. 
The Anaponda Greyhound is 
colored black, tawny or white; some¬ 
times it resembles the deer hound 
and at other times the greyhound. 
Its ears are erect, its coat short and 
* dingo. smooth, its speed unusually great, 
and it runs entirely by sight. The 
pack of hunting-hounds. When thus 
Australian dingo ( Canis dingo). 
'wild dogs are sometimes trained as 
