CARNIVORA. G7 



For several days the doctor visited the dog, and dressed the 

 wound, and then told the owner he should come no more, but if 

 any thing seemed to be wanting, to bring the dog to his office. 

 He did so two or three times, and when he ceased going, the dog 

 would go alone to the doctor's office every morning, and lie down 

 until the doctor looked at his leg, and then he would return, con- 

 tinuing this practice until he was fully cured. Some time after 

 this, the great dog found in the street a little one, with a broken 

 leg ; and after smelling around him for some time, he got him 

 up on his three legs, and managed to get him to the before men- 

 tioned doctor's office, where he waited with the little dog, until 

 the doctor came and set the bone. 



Canis vulpes, (Lat. vulpes, a fox.) 



The Fox is about the size of a small dog. He is by nature 

 suspicious, timid and cunning ; his sight is keen ; his smell and 

 hearing so acute that it is difficult to take him in any kind of trap. 

 Unmolested, the fox lives from twelve to fourteen years; the first 

 year he is called a cub ; the second, a fox ; and the third, an old 

 fox. Audubon enumerated twelve species, four of which exist 

 in North America. The skin of the Silvery Fox, (C. argentatus, 

 Lat. silvered,) of Labrador, has been sold in London for five 

 hundred dollars. Its fur is copious, and of a beautiful, lustrous, 

 black hue, with the longer hairs of a silvery white. It is found 

 in Oregon, and the northern parts of this continent. 



The Common Fox of Europe, Vulpes vulgaris, is there the 

 favorite object of the chase. The American Red Fox, C.fulvus, 

 (Lat. tawny,) is somewhat larger ; its fur is finer, and of a bright- 

 er color, and it has a larger brush tail. It eats fish as well as rats, 

 rabbits, &c. The Swift-Fox, C. velox, (Lat. swift,) is the smallest 

 of the fox tribe. The Cross- Fox derives its name, C. decussatus, 

 (Lat. divided cross-wise,) from its markings, not from its nature. 

 The Gray Fox, C. cinereus, (Lat. ash-colored,) is the annoyance 

 of the southern planter, as the Red-Fox is of the northern farmer. 

 The Arctic Fox, C. Lagopus, (Gr. Lagos, hare,pous, foot, Hare's- 

 foot,) is covered with white woolly fur. The Antarctic Fox, C. 

 Antarcticus, is called the Wolf- Fox, from its resemblance to that 

 animal. It rs tame, and barks like a dog. The Caama, C. Caa- 

 ma, is the smallest African fox. The Fennec, or Zerda, C. 

 Zerda, whose place has been so "often discussed by naturalists, 

 has the skeleton and teeth of the dog family. Its fur is short and 

 silky. 



C. Lupus, (Lat. a wolf.) The WOLF. 



The Wolf, in its habits and physical development, we have 

 already intimatetl, is closely related to the dog. His proportions 



