1o. ARCTIC. 
Wr Gir ee he 
who ufe them, as the factory does in Hudjon’s Bay, to draw firing 
from the woods to the forts. 
The Savages who trade to Hud/on’s Bay make ufe of the wolfifh 
kind to draw their furs. 
It is fingular, that the race of European Dogs fhew as ftrong an 
antipathy to this American fpecies, as they do to the Wolf itfelf. 
They never meet with them, but they fhew all poffible figns of diflike,, 
and will fall on and worry them; while the wolfifh breed, with every 
mark of timidity, puts its tail between its legs, and runs from the 
rage of the others. This averfion to the Wolf is natural to all ge- 
nuine Dogs: for it is well known that a whelp, which has never 
feen a wolf, will at firft fight tremble, and run to its mafter for pro- 
tection: an old dog will inftantly attack it. 
I fhall conclude this article with an abftract of a letter from Dr: 
Pallas, dated Ofober sth 1781; in which he gives the following 
confirmation of the mixed breed of thefe animals and Dogs. 
« T have feen at Mo/fcow about twenty fpurious animals from dogs 
« and black wolves. They are for the moft part like wolves, except 
<¢ that fome carry their tails higher, and have a kind of coarfe bark- 
«ing. They multiply. among themfelves: and fome of the whelps 
« are greyith, rufty, or even of the whitifh hue of the Arctic wolves: 
« and one of thofe I faw, in fhape, tail, and hair, and even in bark- 
«ing, fo like a cur, that, was it not for his head and ears, his ill- 
« natured look, and fearfulnefs at the approach of man, I fhould: 
«« hardly have believed that it was of the fame breed.” 
Ar&tic Fox, Hift. Quad.N°  —Lev. Mvs.. 
; OG. With a fharp nofe: ears almoft hid in the fur, fhort and 
rounded: hair long, foft, and filky: legs fhort: toes covered 
above and below with very thick and foft fur: tail fhorter than that 
of the common Fox, and more bufhy. 
Inferior in fize to the common Fox: color a blueifh-grey, and. 
rs fometimes. 
