. The dogs of Great Britain, America, and [other] countries : their breeding, training, and management in health and disease,comprising all the essential parts of the two standard works on the dog. Dogs. AFRICAN AND AMERICAN DOGS. 31 THE NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICAN DOGS. A great variety of the dog tribe is to be met with throughout the continent of America, resembling in type the dingo of Aus- tralia, but appearing to be crossed with some of the different kinds introduced by Europeans. One of the most remarkable of the South-American dogs is the Alco, which has pendulous ears, with a short tail a
. The dogs of Great Britain, America, and [other] countries : their breeding, training, and management in health and disease,comprising all the essential parts of the two standard works on the dog. Dogs. AFRICAN AND AMERICAN DOGS. 31 THE NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICAN DOGS. A great variety of the dog tribe is to be met with throughout the continent of America, resembling in type the dingo of Aus- tralia, but appearing to be crossed with some of the different kinds introduced by Europeans. One of the most remarkable of the South-American dogs is the Alco, which has pendulous ears, with a short tail and hog-back, and is supposed to be descended from the native dog found by Columbus ; but, even allowing this to be the case, it is of course much intermixed with foreign breeds. The JSTorth-American dogs are very closely allied to the dingo iix all respects, but are generally smaller in size, and are also much crossed with European breeds. In some districts they burrow in the ground, but the march of civilizition is yearly diminishing their numbers throughout the continent of America. OTHER WILD DOGS. Many other varieties of the wild dog are described by travellers, but they all resemble one or other of the above kinds, and are of little interest to the general Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Walsh, John Henry, 1810-1888. New York : Orange Judd
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