282 November 1748. 



There are two fpecies of foxes in the 

 Englifi colonies, the one grey, and the 

 other red : but in the fequel I mall mew 

 that there are others which fometimes ap- 

 pear in Canada. The grey foxes are here con- 

 ftantly, and are very common in Penfylva- 

 nia and in the fouthern provinces : in the 

 northern ones they are pretty fcarce, and 

 the French in Canada, call them Virginian 

 Foxes on that account : in fize they do not 

 quite come up to our foxes. They do no 

 harm to lambs ; but they prey upon all forts 

 of poultry, whenever they can come at 

 them. They do not however feem to be 

 looked upon as animals that caufe a great 

 deal of damage ; for there is no reward 

 given for killing them : their fkin is great- 

 ly fought for by hatters, who employ the 

 hair in their work. People have their 

 clothes lined with it fometimes : the greafe 

 is ufed againft. all forts of rheumatic pains. 

 Thefe foxes are faid to be lefs nimble than 

 the red ones : they are fometimes tamed ; 

 though they be not furTered to run about 

 but are tied up. Mr. Catejby has drawn 

 and defcribed this fort of foxes in his Na- 

 tural hi/lory of Carolina, by the name of the 

 grey American fox, vol. 2. p. 78. tab. yS. 

 A fkin of it was fold in Philadelphia for two 

 fhillings and fix-pence in Penfyhanian cur- 

 rency. The 



