. The new book of the dog; a comprehensive natural history of British dogs and their foreign relatives, with chapters on law, breeding, kennel management, and veterinary treatment. Dogs. 470 SECTION V. THE LESS FAMILIAR AND FOREIGN DOGS.* CHAPTER LV. THE DOGS OF AUSTRALASIA. " They bring Mastiffs and mongrels, all that in a siring Could he got out, or could but lug a hog, Ball, Eatall, Cuttail, Blackfoot—bitch and ; Michael Drayton. The Warrigal, or Dingo.—Apart from the marsupials, Australia is not rich in indi- genous fauna, but it has the distinction of possessing in the Dingo
. The new book of the dog; a comprehensive natural history of British dogs and their foreign relatives, with chapters on law, breeding, kennel management, and veterinary treatment. Dogs. 470 SECTION V. THE LESS FAMILIAR AND FOREIGN DOGS.* CHAPTER LV. THE DOGS OF AUSTRALASIA. " They bring Mastiffs and mongrels, all that in a siring Could he got out, or could but lug a hog, Ball, Eatall, Cuttail, Blackfoot—bitch and ; Michael Drayton. The Warrigal, or Dingo.—Apart from the marsupials, Australia is not rich in indi- genous fauna, but it has the distinction of possessing in the Dingo one of the very few- existing wild dogs of the world—possibly the only true wild dog that is comparable in type and character with our domesticated breeds. Fossil remains of this animal have been found in the cavern deposits of Australia. MR. H, C. BROOKE'S DINGO MYALL. indicating that it was known to the aborigines long before the arrival of the European colonists. But Dr. Wallace, Prof. M'Coy, Mr. Aflalo, and other zoologists who have studied the question of its origin, are of opinion that it owes its introduction to early Malay settlers from It is found nowhere else than in Australia—^not even in the island of Tasmania. Warrigal was the name applied to it by the natives, whose word " Dingo " was used only in reference to the domestic dogs of the settlers. Like its aboriginal master, the Warrigal has been dispersed almost to extinction ; and although some stray couples may slink like thieves in the train of cara- vans journeying towards the interior, yet even in the parts unfrequented by travellers it is becoming rare; while in the inhabited districts baits impregnated with strychnine have done their work, for the stock farmers quickly discovered that the wild dog was an inveterate despoiler of the sheepfold, and that a crusade against it, supported by a Government grant of five shillings for every tail, was imperative. So rare now is this larrikin a
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