Crass I. BC yO. 
in poffefiion of between two and three thoufand 
fkins, all taken in one winter. | 
There are three varieties of foxes found in the 
mountanous parts of theie iflands, which differ a 
little in form, but not in color, from each other. 
Thete are diftinguifhed in Wales, by as many differ- 
ent names. The Milei or gre-hound fox, is the lar- 
eft, talleft, and boldeft; and will attack a crown 
fheep or wether: the mafliff fox is lefs, but more 
ftrongly built: the Corgs, or cur fox, is the left, and 
lurks about hedges, out-houfes, Gec.. and is the 
imoft pernicious of the three to the feathered tribe. 
The firft of thefe varieties has a white tag or tip to 
the tail: the laft a black. ‘The number of thefe 
animals in general would foon become intolerable, 
if they were not profcribed, having a certain reward 
fet on their heads. ; 
In this place we fhould introduce the wolf, a 
congenerous animal, if we had nor fortunately a 
juft right to omit it in a hiftory of Britifp quadru- 
peds. It was, as appears by Holling fhed*, very 
noxious to the flocks in Scotland in 15773 nor was 
it entirely extirpated till about 1680, when the laft 
wolf fell by the hand of the famous Sir Ewin Ca- 
meron. ‘Ne may therefore with conjidence affert the 
non-exiftence of thofe animals, notwitliftanding 7. 
de Buffon maintains that the Englih pretend to the 
contrary +. | 
* Dife. Scot. 49. + Tom, Vi, 
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