230 CROSSED BREEDS. 
as the wildest fox which ever broke away in a state of nature from any ‘ever- 
green gorse covert,’ with a pack of hounds in pursuit, all eager for the fray.— 
Yours, &c, Rosert ToMLIn. 
“Dane Court, Istk or THANET, January 1857.” 
The original of the engraving which illustrates this article has all 
the crouching look of the fox, with many of the wild habits of that 
animal. Mr. Hewer tells me that up to six or eight months old 
A Dog and Fox Crossed Bitch, the property of ——- Hewer, Esq., of Reading. 
she would hiss and spit like a kitten, but has quite lost that pecu- 
liarity now. She still often disappears into the adjacent coverts 
for a day or two, after which hunger compels her return. She has 
bred a litter by a terrier, but has not been put to one of her own 
cross, which is necessary to be done before Mr. Tomlin’s assertion 
is to be accepted, that the individuals of the dog and fox cross will 
breed inter se. And this being the only proof of a distinction of 
species which is now recognised, until the experiment is carried 
out successfully we are not in a position to admit that the dog and 
fox belong to the same species. 
