322 THE MOUNTAIN-FOX. 



very high upon his legs, which are exceedingly muscular ; 

 his head is very broad, and his nose not nearly so peaked 

 as the other's; his coat is also much more shaggy, and 

 mixed with white hairs an invariable mark of the hill-fox, 

 and which makes his colour lighter and a less decided red 

 than the fox of the Lowlands. 



