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and the linings of clothes. In the mountains of 

 Switzerland, the number of Foxes that are destroyed 

 by different means is almost incredible. At Lausanne 

 there are furriers who have received between two and 

 three thousand skins in one winter. Notwithstand- 

 ing the fetid smell of the Fox, the inhabitants of 

 some parts of the continent eat its flesh, and par- 

 ticularly during the vintage season, when the ani- 

 mals are said to be always remarkably fat. <f The 

 flesh of the Fox (say the editors of the French 

 Encyclopedic) is not so bad as that of the Wolf; 

 Dogs, and even men, eat it in the autumn, particu- 

 larly when the animals have fed upon grapes." 

 Such a recommendation would not, however, ren^ 

 der it very tempting to an English palate. 



We are informed by Sonriini, that instances have 

 occurred of the Dog and female Fox having, in 

 confinement, produced young ones. We have, 

 however, no account of this cross breed in the 

 Fox's wild state. 



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The name of the Fox, in Wales, is llwynog : in 

 France, renard: in Italy, volpe: in Spain, zorro : 

 in Portugal, raposa: in Germany, fuchs: in Hol- 

 land, vos: in Sweden, raef: in Denmark, raev : in 

 Poland, liszka : in Hungary, roka: in Russia, Us : 

 in Lapland, rubsok. 



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