THE FOX. 6? 



Puppies of the wolf species Wolves of America. 



istics of the wolf species. These puppies I saw 

 myself, and compared them with the wolf, towards 

 the latter end of 1SO5, when they appeared per- 

 fectly strong and healthy. 



These animals are now hut rarely seen in the 

 inhabited parts of America; yet the government 

 of Pennsylvania some years ago offered a reward 

 of twenty shillings, and that of New Jersey of 

 even thirty shillings, for the killing of every wolf. 

 In the infant state of the colonies it is said, that 

 wolves came down from the mountains, often at- 

 tracted by the smell of the hundreds of unfortu- 

 nate Indians who died of the small-pox: but the 

 animals did not confine their insults to the dead ; 

 they even devoured the sick and dying natives 

 in their huts. 



A young wolf from the Alps is now in Mr. 

 Pidcock's menagerie at Exeter 'Change; and the 

 keeper informs me that he regularly eats between 

 three and four pounds of raw flesh per day. 



THE FOX 



IS more slender in form than the wolf, and 

 considerably less in height and size; the tail, 

 also, is much longer and more bushy; but the 

 oblique direction of the eyes, and the form of 

 the ears are similar to those of the wolf; and the 

 head appears proportionably larger. He is re- 

 markably playful, but can never be thoroughly 

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