FOX. 
ees into lake Michigan. 
o'.—Alfo, a 
which runs into the Theakiki. 
N. lat. 48° 30! -W. long. 87° 
a river of the weftern territory ‘of America, 
N. lat. 45° 38). W. long. 
87° 58'.—Alfo, a river of the weftern territory of America, | 
N. lat. 38°. W. long. 88? 
which runs inte the Wabash. 
ae x’s Tram-road, in Glamor rganfhire, is one ‘of the-nu- 
‘meraus ae eftablithments for improved communication 
_ : have arifen of late years in South Wales. Of this 
tram road we were uninformed at the time of compiling the 
oe alphabetical account of fuch eftablifhments- affixed 
to our article Canaxs; it commences in Neath river, at 
eath town, and sealing the public bridge by the fide of the 
carriage way, (a fingu lar inftance,) proceeds one mile to 
to the bridge-loft, wheace the furnace is charged v with ore, 
cook, be lime- ftone. 
Vox, in va Language, a a fort of ftrand, .formed 
‘by ee ae feel rope-yarns together, aud ufed asa feizing, 
or ay weave a mat or paunch &e. 
oa in Zoology, an animal of dog-kind 5 
‘mu mane ae bling the common dog in form, and of t 
of the {p nae It is chiefly diftingnifhed ke its long, aa 
tail, is hite tip to it. See Vu 
It differs, ‘how: ever, from the oaiaion dog i in the length, 
denfe difpofition, and foftnefs of the hairs, efpecially thofe 
about its tail, d by the animal 
which is bufhy, much admire 
itfelf, and in cold weather wrapped round its nofe ; and in 
its {mell, which is peculiarly rank.and difagree eable. The 
mell of its urine is ar foetid ; infomuch that the 
ea covers it inthe earth. It is fa'd that the fox makes 
ufe of its urine as an expedient to force the cleanly badger 
from its habitation 3 however, it makes ufe of the badger’s 
hole. Its ufual colour is a reddifh tawny, though itis fome- 
times found white, and pm Laie black. Its fore-feet 
and tops of lack ; the ears are erect, and th 
the ears are b 
lips are white. Its manner of i in 
ype ae is alfo a cuftom wholl oo font 
‘kind ; and it is far from the tamenefs of that animal, oe g 
with difficulty made to lofe its fiercenefs. OF all animals the 
‘fox has the moft ee re by which it exprefles every 
paffion of love, ea 
The fox isa erty, ively, libidinous animal ; it bre 
only once a year, unle{s fome accident befalls its firft cies 5 
and brings four or five’ young, which, like puppies, are born 
yfelf a hole in the 
It i in 
diftin- 
fheep ot wether : 
built; the cur fox is the be lurks about eS, out- 
houfes, &c. and is the ‘pe ernicious 6 the feathered 
tribe. The firft of thefe pee a white tip to the tail; the 
ur, which in many parts of ‘Europe is ufed 
to make muffs and fine cloths. — 
fox in the firft year is called acubs in the fecont a 
afterwards an old fox. It is a bealto 
feed on fleth of any kind; and, when u ger, eat 
farrots aud infeqs, and thé dung’ of other animals; $ and, 
cave dafhed with 
lin 
The fox is the Adorn’ ‘Ariftotle and Aélian, and the : 
near the hoes for want of other food, eat crabsy 
‘sIn France:and- Italy it does ae: , 
dible dareage in the gee ae gating t the gra a 
wh The rae is 
a great déftroyer of rats It fecures ‘its 
béoty by ae g holes i in ; eal places; and if a 
oe of poultry fhould ha appen to be its prey, will se 
oe one by one; thrutt ae in with its nofe, and c 
em by. ramming the loofe earth. upon them, till the sae 
sf hunger induce him to devour them. It does not uy 
commit thefts in the neighbourhood of its own haunt 
It is much terrified by fire-arms, flies from the {mell of oan. 
be 
baited, a es raw 
age paths or haunts to the gin, jt proves an inducement 
allure him to the place of eae They : are alfo 
pe with greyhounds, hounds, terriers, and nets; it is a 
commendable exercife to. hunt thefe mieevou: beatts 
xe ha - Sti in many refpedts, is like that of wolves. 
aes ae 
dic, C. Vulpes Aufiralis, Coyotl, or pee 
fox Fonand, eur . Wolf-fox, Bor gainvillr, has the tail 
ndent, bufhy, tipt with - white the ears fhort, creel, 
This animal inhabits America and ee 
about a gk larger than the common fox 
ae ie 7 habits of-the w 
‘n Falkland’ i 
Peis ie foxes, and h aie paths from. on e part o 
the fhore to.another for ee the {ea-fowl, on-Which 
it chiefly feeds. Itis very tame, barks like a dog, and 
has avery foetid fmell; the head and. body are covered 
with woolly hair of a cinereous browa colour ;-the legs 
h ruft-colour. The tail is dufky; and the 
aed of the ears are eel with white hair. 
Aric. See PUS 
Fox. Black, C. Vulpes Tyan refembles the wolf, and 
is of an ier ete fize between that-animal and the fox. 
It has a flraight tail aad the body is wholly black ; fome- 
times variegated with greyihh, or having the tips of the hairs 
of a filvery whitenefs. It in abits the cara regions of 
urope, Afia, meric 
ning animal cE the genus. Its fur is deemed nea va sluable, 
being prefer rred in Ruifia to the ‘inet fables, one {kin fome- 
times felling for two roubles. Thofe of America are of 
inferior beauty. 
; SOX, Lrant. . 
Fox, Coa Pubes 
' Fox, Corfac, os Cerf is diftin@thed by. its 
ftr raight, tawny Tt ee is black at the root and’ ‘tip. 
This {pecies or variety is lefs en the common fox, but in 
other refpeéts is very fimilar It is ney of birds, 
se a bad fmell, and howls and barks like thofe of the com- 
ind; the ears are upr Cue the eu is foft and -dawny ; 
ie ee is buthy, a and. as long as the body; the furis of a 
pale tawny colour in ane. ae r.grey in winter, with 
a white throat ; the tailis cinereous, except the bafe and 
tip.. Ttchiefly i inhabits the great defert See, ‘the Urak 
and the Irtith,. in Afiatic Forty or fifty thoufand 
of the fkins of this animal are annually fold by the Kirghis 
Coffacks to the Ruffians, being caught by means ‘of falcon ns 
and greyhounds - 
See. os 
ox, Crofs, C. Vulpes #-Cracige a, has.a black crofs on 
ie fhoulder ; the fur is thicker and fofter than that of the 
c d is reckoned as e.. It inhabits the 
coldett rie of Europe, Alia, and North. merica. 
. Fox 
