. The animals of the world. Brehm's life of animals;. Mammals. THE DOG FAMILY—DOG. 207 mountains of debris. These mounds serve as habi- tations for the Dogs that have run wild. The ani- mals are all of one breed, and are of the size of a Shepherd Dog, but have an ungainly shape and a repulsive expression of countenance. The tail is long, rather bushy, and usually pendent; and -the color of their coarse, matted hair is a dingy, reddish brown, sometimes merging into gray or yellow. Other colors, more particularly black and light yel- low, are sometimes seen, but not often. These Dogs live on the
. The animals of the world. Brehm's life of animals;. Mammals. THE DOG FAMILY—DOG. 207 mountains of debris. These mounds serve as habi- tations for the Dogs that have run wild. The ani- mals are all of one breed, and are of the size of a Shepherd Dog, but have an ungainly shape and a repulsive expression of countenance. The tail is long, rather bushy, and usually pendent; and -the color of their coarse, matted hair is a dingy, reddish brown, sometimes merging into gray or yellow. Other colors, more particularly black and light yel- low, are sometimes seen, but not often. These Dogs live on the elevations just described in a condition of complete independence. There they spend the greater part of the day in sleep, and prowl around at night. Each one of these Dogs has his own habitation, which is arranged with peculiar care, his home consisting of two holes, one of which faces east and the other west. If the situation of the mountain is such that the holes on both sides are exposed to the north wind, each of the animals digs for himself another excavation, into which he moves when the cold wind annoys him in his morning and evening re- treat. In the morning the Dogs can always be found in the holes that face toward the east un- til about eleven o'clock, for in these recesses they await the first rays of the sun to warm them after the cold of the night. Th6 sunshine, in- creasing ill intensity, at last becomes too warm, and one Dog after an- other arouses himself, climbs ovef the summit and slinks 'into his hid- ing place on the other side. When the after- noon sun begins to an- noy them in this retreat the colony returns to the holes on the east side and stays there until sunset. Then life begins in the mountains. Large and small troops and some- times packs are formed. Sounds of barking, howl- ing, or quarreling are heard, according to the mood the animals are in. A large carcass always causes them to collect in great numbers; a dead Ass or Mule is eaten up even to
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