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Wolves, 
A JOURNEY TO THE 
if they get wet, turn quite hard, unlefs great care 
be taken to keep conftantly rubbing them while 
drying. 
The perfon who informed Mr. Pennant that 
the we-was-kifh and the moofe are the fame ani- 
mal, never faw one of them ; and the only reafon 
he had to fuppofe it, was the great refemblance of 
their fkins: yet it is rather ftrange, that fo inde- 
fatigable a collector of Natural Hiflory as the 
late Mr. Andrew Graham, fhould have omitted 
making particular enquiry about them: for any 
foreign Indian, particularly thofe that refide near 
Bafquiau, could eafily have convinced him to the 
contrary. 
Animals with Canine Teeth. 
Wo ves are frequently met with in the coun- 
tries Weft of Hudfon’s Bay, both on the barren 
grounds and among the woods, but they are not 
numerous; it is very uncommon to fee more 
than three or four of them in aherd. Thofe 
that keep to the Weftward, among the woods, 
are generally of the ufual colour, but the greateft 
part of thofe that are killed by the Efquimaux 
are perfe@ly white. All the wolves in Hudfon’s - 
Bay are very fhy of the human race, yet when 
fharp fet, they frequently follow the Indians for 
feveral days, but always keep at a diftance. 
{hey are great enemies to the Indian dogs, and 
frequently 
