| The Wild Dog of Dakhun
The Wild Dog of Dakhun
or Deccan, a part of India far to the south of Nepāl, and gave the
following description of this supposed primitive dog:
"Its head is compressed and elongated, but its muzzle not very sharp.
The eyes are oblique, the pupils round, and the irides
light-brown. The expression of the countenance is that of a coarse
ill-natured Persian greyhound, without any resemblance to the jackal,
the fox, or the wolf. The ears are long, erect, and somewhat rounded
at the top. The limbs remarkably large and strong in relation to the
bulk of the animal. The size is intermediate between the wolf and the
jackal. The neck long, the body elongated, and the entire dog of a
red-brown colour. None of the domesticated dogs of Dakhun are common
in Europe, but those of Dakhun and Nepāl are very similar in all their
characters. There is also a dog in Dakhun with hair so short as to
make him appear naked. It is called the polugar dog."
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