. Illustrated natural history : comprising descriptions of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, insects, etc., with sketches of their peculiar habits and characteristics . Zoology. The Dingo. duration of their life seems to be between fourteen and twenty years. Though the characteristic features, or marks of domesti- cated dogs are the same in all countries, there is an amazing difference in their shape and size. The Dingo, or New Holland Hound, approaches in appear- ince to the largest kind of shepherd's dog. The head is elon- gated, the forehead flat, and the ears short and erect, or with a sli
. Illustrated natural history : comprising descriptions of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, insects, etc., with sketches of their peculiar habits and characteristics . Zoology. The Dingo. duration of their life seems to be between fourteen and twenty years. Though the characteristic features, or marks of domesti- cated dogs are the same in all countries, there is an amazing difference in their shape and size. The Dingo, or New Holland Hound, approaches in appear- ince to the largest kind of shepherd's dog. The head is elon- gated, the forehead flat, and the ears short and erect, or with a slight direction forwards. The body is thickly covered with hair of two kinds—the one woolly and grey, the other silky and of a deep yellow or fawn color. The limbs are muscular, and, were it not for the suspicious yet ferocious glare of the eye, he might pass for a handsome dog. The Australasian dog, according to M. Desmarest, resembles in form and in the proportion of his limbs the common shepherd's dog. He is very active and courageous, covered in some parts with thick hair, woolly and grey, in other parts becoming of a yellowish-red color, and under the belly having a whitish hue. When he is running, the head is lifted more than usual in dogs, and the tail is carried horizontally. He seldom barks. The Greyhound was once held in such estimation that it was the peculiar companion of a gentleman; who was anciently known by his horse, his hawk, and his Greyhound. In such repute was it, that Canute enacted a law that it should not be kept by any one who was under the rank of a gentleman. It has a long body, a neat and elongated head, full eye, long mouth, sharp and very white teeth, little ears, with thin gristles in them, a straight neck, and full breast j his fore and hind legs are long and straight; his ribs round, strong, and full of sinews, and taper about the belly. It is the swiftest. Highland Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images
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