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LEMMUS. FOX. LYNX. 



Often, towards fpring, Wolves get upon the Ice of the fea, to pfey 

 on the young Seals, which they catch alleep : but this repaft often 

 proves fatal to them; for the ice, detached fronn the Ihore, carries 

 them to a great diftance from land, before they are fenfible of it. In 

 fome years a large diftri£t is by this means delivered from thefe perni- 

 cious beafts J which are heard howling in a moft dreadful manner, far 

 in the fea. 



When Wolves come to make their attack on cattle, they never fail 

 attempting to frighten away the men by their cries ; but the found of 

 the horn makes them fly like lightning. — Mr. Oedman. 



^2j When the Ardic Fox has been in purfuit of the wandering Lemmus, 



p. 136. JrSi. Zool. it fometimes lofes its way home, and has been 

 taken in places far from its natural haunts. The late Mr. Kalm has 

 left an inftance of one being taken in Wejirogothia. Profeflbr Retzius 

 favored me with an account of one fhot,. on the a7th of laft OSlobeTj 

 near to Lund, in lat. 55. 42. 



"^48, Mr, Hutchins informed me of a whitifh grey Fox, no larger than a 



Hare, common among the Archithinue Indians : four thoufand of their 

 fkins have been fent in one year to the factories. 



rQ, The Lynx is the moft formidable enemy which the Sheep has-, it is 



pretended that they only fuck the blood ; but it is pretty certain that 

 they alfo devour the liver and lungs, for thofe parts are often found eaten. 

 The little Kat-lo or Lynx is very fcarce ; its fur is efteemed more 

 valuable than that of the greater or W'arglo. It is fuppofed to be a par- 

 ticular fpecies. — Mr. Oedman. 



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Doftor Pallas muft have been miiinformed as to the color of the 



"Bears of Kamtjchatka, for Captain King, who faw leveral, alTured 



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