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cases of necessity, eat the flesh. They also make 

 buttons of the skins : and split the tendons, and 

 make use of them instead of thread. The blue 

 furs are much more esteemed than the white." 



The above ample and excellent account is from 

 Mr. Pennant's Arctic Zoology. Mr. Pennant 

 thinks it probable that the Fox described by 

 Molina, who observed it in Chili, was of this 

 species, viz. 



Var. ? 



CHILI FOX. 



Canis Culpseus. C. cauda recta elongata, apke coticolore few. 



Molina Hist. Nat. Chil. 4. p. 2^9. 

 Dog with strait elongated tail, with tip of a similar colour. 



THIS is supposed to be a variety of the Antarc- 

 tic Fox. Its length from nose to tail is two feet 

 and a half : its colour a deep brown: the tail is 

 covered with short hair like that of a domestic 

 dog : its voice is feeble, but has some resemblance 

 to a bark. It inhabits the open countries of 

 Chili, in which it forms its burrows. The Chilians 

 call it Culpeu, from Culpem, signifying folly; it 

 being considered as a silly animal. 



v. i. p. ii. 



