s there.
[12] These, and the following facts on the Danish remains, are taken from
M. Morlot's most interesting memoir in 'Soc. Vaudoise des Sc. Nat.,' tom.
vi., 1860, pp. 281, 299, 320.
[13] 'Die Fauna der Pfahlbauten,' 1861, s. 117, 162.
[14] De Blainville, 'Osteographie, Canidae.'
[15] Sir R. Schomburgk has given me information on this head. _See_ also
'Journal of R. Geograph. Soc.,' vol. xiii., 1843, p. 65.
[16] 'Domestication of Animals:' Ethnological Soc., Dec. 22nd, 1863.
[17] 'Journal of Researches,' &c., 1845, p. 393. With respect to _Canis
antarcticus_, _see_ p. 193. For the case of the antelope, _see_ 'Journal
Royal Geograph. Soc.,' vol. xxiii. p. 94.
[18] The authorities for the foregoing statements are as
follow:--Richardson, in 'Fauna Boreali-Americana,' 1829, pp. 64, 75; Dr.
Kane, 'Arctic Explorations,' 1856, vol. i. pp. 398, 455; Dr. Hayes, 'Arctic
Boat Journey,' 1860, p. 167. Franklin's 'Narrative,' vol. i. p. 269, gives
the case of three whelps of a black wolf being carried away by the Indians.
Parry, Richardson, and others, give accounts of wolves and dogs naturally
crossing in the eastern parts of North America. Seeman, in his 'Voyage of
H.M.S. Herald,' 1853, vol. ii. p. 26, says the wolf is often caught by the
Esqimaux for the purpose of crossing with their dogs, and thus adding to
their size and strength. M. Lamare-Picquot, in 'Bull. de la Soc.
d'Acclimat.,' tom. vii., 1860, p. 148, gives a good account of the
half-bred Esquimaux dogs.
[19] 'Fauna Boreali-Americana,' 1829, pp. 73, 78, 80. Nott and Gliddon,
'Types of Mankind,' p. 383. The naturalist and traveller Bartram is quoted
by Hamilton Smith, in 'Nat. Hist. Lib.,' vol. x. p. 156. A Mexican domestic
dog seems also to resemble a wild dog of the same country; but this may be
the prairie-wolf. Another capable judge, Mr. J. K. Lord ('The Naturalist in
Vancouver Island,' 1866, vol. ii. p. 218), says that the Indian dog of the
Spokans, near the Rocky Mountains, "is beyond all question nothing more
than a tamed Cayote or prairie-wolf," or _Canis latrans_.
[20] I quote this from Mr. R. Hill's excellent account of the Alco or
domestic dog of Mexico, in Gosse's 'Naturalist's Sojourn in Jamaica,' 1851,
p. 329.
[21] 'Naturgeschichte der Saeugethiere von Paraguay,' 1830, s. 151.
[22] Quoted in Humboldt's 'Aspects of Nature' (Eng. transl.), vol. i. p.
108.
[23] Paget's 'Travels in Hungary and Transylvania,' vol. i. p. 501.
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