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sharp and very white teeth; his tail is long, and curls 

 round above his hind part. There are several varieties ; 

 as the Italian Greyhound, the Oriental Greyhound, and 

 the Irish Greyhound, or Wolf-dog. They are used for 

 coursing; that is, hunting by sight instead of scent; 

 and are principally employed in chasing hares. Daniel, 

 in his Rural Sports, tells us, that a brace of Greyhounds 

 have been known to course a hare four miles in twelve 

 minutes ; turning it several times, till the poor creature 

 dropped at last quite dead from fatigue. 



THE FOX. (Cania Vulpes.) 



THIS well-known animal, which is found in most coun- 

 tries of Europe, is of a reddish-brown colour, with the 

 tip of his bushy tail white. His abode is generally on 

 the skirt of a wood, as near a farm-yard as possible, in a 

 hole, of which some other animal has been dispossessed 

 or which it has voluntarily deserted. Thence he issues at 

 night, and cautiously approaching the poultry, kills all 

 that he can find, conveying them one by one to different 



