HABITS OF ESQUIMAUX DOGS.
Seme interesting detail* concerning t"h* habit* of Esquimaux dog* are given by Dr Br«rL The uutant a halt is called by the driver, the dog* throw themselves to the ground with their aaout* between their fortE»W) | they rise again to stretch, and then e down at once. Two Newfoundland dog* which belonged to the Polaria pack, gradually assumed similar habits, but before lying down they always turned round and round in their reeong place*, like all dog* except the Esquimaux breed, for the author never e»w an HlOttimaux dog do thi*. Mr Darwin, a* wiU bo remembered, h»* explained the hawt of turning round before lying down, invariably to be observed in domestic dogs. as a survival of the instinct of the wild ancestor,, which leads him to form a bed w the trass• by’this RtMCI ()C<* llttl Of to® ordinary voracity of the Esquimau* dogs; they will even sometimes soap a Fjceo of their master'* flesh U exposed earskaely.
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Lyttelton Times, Volume LVI, Issue 6496, 22 December 1881, Page 3
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164HABITS OF ESQUIMAUX DOGS. Lyttelton Times, Volume LVI, Issue 6496, 22 December 1881, Page 3
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