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Europe, such, as Spain and Norway, and is not a native of Britain. 

 It was formerly believed that the lynx could see better than any 

 other animal ; and we still say of anyone who is sharp -sighted, 

 that he is lynx-eyed. But its sight seems to be just the same as 

 that of other cats. 



THE DOGS. The dog, wolf and fox form a natural family. 

 The wolf is formidable in winter when it is hungry. It then ap- 

 proaches farms, and attacks the flocks, which are insufficiently 

 guarded. In summer the wolf finds its food which generally con- 

 sists of small mammals, and even carrion, in the woods. It has 

 been extinct in Britain for the last two hundred years. The fox is 

 celebrated for the dexterity which it displays either in creeping 



Fox. 



into well-secured enclosures, or in escaping from the dogs and 

 hunters. It is also a great destroyer of poultry. When it has 

 satisfied its hunger, it can easily carry off some dead fowls to 

 store up in its burrow. Fox-hunting is one of the principal 

 country sports in England. 



The dog is well known to everybody, and we hardly need 

 mention it. He is especially a domestic animal, and a friend of 

 the household ; he loves his master, and his friendship is proof 

 against the worst treatment. He is intelligent, and is trained to 

 do everything : to hunt, to guard the house at night, or to run 

 by the carriage ; to lead the blind, and even to do errands. Dogs 

 hare been mentioned who were trained to fetch the paper for 



