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the fact that a large quantity of bones is always observed in the immediate neighbourhood of the breeding places--some of these being of such a size as to preclude the belief that they could have been carried thither by the dogs themselves. In Ramghur there is a wild dog called Quao, or Quaw, which lives in communities, just as those of Nepaul; and still another kind inhabits the forests of the Island of Sumatra. None of these kinds are to be confounded with the half-wild dogs of India, called pariah dogs; since the latter, although not owned by individuals, dwell in the villages, and of course associate with man. Besides, the pariahs are of no particular breed--there being several sorts of pariah dogs. They are merely _outcast curs_, without owners, that pick up a living as they best can. Passing from India to the tropical countries of America, we find another sort of wild dog in the forests of Guiana, known as the Koupara, or Crab-dog. It is not certain whether these dogs are indigenous to Guiana, or the progeny of some domestic variety introduced by the colonists. They dwell in small troops or families, of six or seven individuals each, and their food is furnished by the _pacas, agoutis_, and other small rodent animals of tropical America. They also find sustenance in several kinds of crabs, which they adroitly capture upon the banks of the rivers; and it is from their habit of feeding upon these they have derived the name of crab-dogs. They are easily tamed; and when crossed with other breeds, a variety is produced which is esteemed by the natives as the very best kind for the hunting of the agoutis, cavies, and capibaras. The wild dogs of the Cape country, called _Wilde Hunden_ (wild hounds) by the Dutch, are usually regarded as near akin to the _hyenas_. But they are more like real wild hounds than hyenas; and their colour--which is a mixture of black, white, and tan--almost points to them as the progenitors of that variety of dog known as the hound. Their habits, too, would seem to confirm this hypothesis: for it is well-known that these animals pursue their prey just after the manner of a pack of real hounds--doubling upon it, and using every artifice to run it down. The numerous species of ruminant animals--the antelope in particular--are the especial objects of their pursuit, and upon these they subsist. Like the Indian wild dogs, they live in communities--using the burrows of the wild hog an
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