The Shikari' Dog of Kamaon is very like the pariah dog of the plains.
The Dogs of Kanawar are of a, large ferocibus breed, resembling wild beasts in their nature ; they are covered with black wool, and are very averse to strangers, whom they often bite and tear in a most shocking manner; they are generally chained during the day, otherwise it would be dangerous to approach a village. The fleece, especially of the young ones, is almost equal to shawl wool.
The breed of Ilisehur, in the Himalaya, is noted for its size and hardihood. The finest dogs of this breed bear a considerable resemblance to a mastiff, but retain a good deal of the cur. Their colour in general is black and white, with a little red occasionally ; their hair is long and thick, and thc tail long and busby, curling up behind ; their head is somewhat long and pointed, like the common shepherd's dog. They are often very fierce, and sometimes attain a considerable size, but are seldom so large as a full-sized mastiff. These animals are furnished with a down under their long shaggy hair, which is as fine and soft as shawl wool ; this comes off easily in warm weather, and is regularly shed with the hair. Every animal is similarly furnished in this cold country. The Datives use these as sheep-dogs, in the same way as those of other countries, and also for hunting all sorts of game, even birds, which they tire out in flying ; and some were valued at a very high price.
From a genealogical table in the Encyclo pdia, Britannica, it appears that the common Turkish dog is the parent stock of most others known in Europe.
The Greyhound of Randan is fleet. It has long shaggy hair on tho legs and body. The Persian greyhound has a fringe of soft silky hair on the ears.
The (log which is known in Bengal by the nante of the Nepal Dog, is, properly speaking, a native of the Upper and Lower Tibets, whence it is usually brought to Nepal. It is a fierce and surly creature, about tho size of an English Newfoundland, and covered with thick long hair. It is reckoned to be a good watch-dog, and never to sleep at night.
Amongst the Hindus of India and the Indian Malionietlans, the dog is regarded as an unclean animal. With the Cree, Ojibbeway, Swampy, and Sion; the dog WM supposed to be the most ac ceptable sacrifice to the offended deities, five dogs being the common number for a propitiatory offering. Tho unclaimed clogs of Bombay, Egypt, Mecca, and Constantinople aro a sad nuisance, and even in Bombay, being protected and fed, but not housed, by the Parsee inhabitants, as Well as by Hindus. An expiring Parsed requires the presence of a dog, in furtherance of his departing soul, and, after the Sag-did or dog-look, the ex posed body is speedily consigned to the Tower of 6nel:cc. In Rangoon, pariah dogs infest the town. The greatest number of dogs are found near the Kyou ligs.
Dogs are eaten in China, at Zanzibar, in Amstralia, and the Pacific. In China there are restaurants both for dogs' and cats' flesh.
Dog-skin is thin, but tough, and makes good leather. Of late years horse leather takes its place for thin dress shoes. Most of the dog-skin gloves are really made of lamb-skin.
Dogs in the Pacific Island.4 are fed on cocoa nuts.—Mac Gregor ; Darwin's Variation of Animals and Plants ; Jerdon's Mammalia ; Smith's Nepal; Jour. As. Soc. of Ben., November 1856 ; Gerard's Kanalcar ; Fraser's Himalaya 3Its. p. 354; llobin son's Travels, p. 356 ; Gray, ii. pp. 75, 76. See Gni.%