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the Doon, in Kumaon, and in the western moun- 

 tains, whence the Europeans call it the Hill Fox. 



The Indian Fox is noticed by Dr. Daniel John- 

 son, and described by him as being grey, with a 

 large black brush and a white tip. He remarks, 

 that it runs swiftly when coursed by greyhounds, 

 making directly for the nearest earths, which, be- 

 ing generally three or four within a couple of miles, 

 it soon reaches, and escapes. The species is not 

 above half the size of an English fox, and so exces- 

 sively agile, that the natives have a saying, that 

 this animal can turn nine times within the space of 

 its own length. In the Journal of Bishop Heber, 

 an Indian fox is mentioned feeding chiefly on field 

 mice and white ants, with a tail like a squirrel. It 

 is unquestionably a Cynalopex, already described, 

 most likely the Corsac. 



THE SYRIAN FOX. 



V. tkaleh 1 Nob. 



Shual of the Hebrews? 



PLATE XXL* 



We think this genuine fox has been confounded 

 with the next, or Egyptian species, though it does 

 not seem to be found in the valley of the Nile, but 

 to extend from Palestine eastward, into Southern 



