58 F O X. Clafsl. 



" female the bitch. It is the mod faithful of all 

 *' animals: is very docible: hates ftrange dogs ; 

 *' will fnap at a ftone thrown at it : will howl at 

 *^' cert^n mufical notes : all (except the S. American 

 *' kind) will bark at ilrangers : dogs are reje<5i:ed by 

 '' the MahotnetanS''* 



Species II. The FOX. 



Vulpes. Rail fyn. t^uad. \ "jy. Vulpes au£toram. HaJJelquifi 

 Morton s 'Northampt. 444. I^'n- '91. 



Meyer i an. i. Tab. 36. Canis vuipes. Lin.fyji. 5-9. 



Canis fulvuj,pii'.s cinereis inter- Cams cauda reda apice albo, 



naixtis. Bri£on quad. \-j'i^. Faun. Suec.f, 



DeBuffon. Tom. vii. 7^. Tab. 6. Vulpes vulgaris. Klein quad. 730 



Cejntr quad. 966. Br, Zool. 28. 



NAMES. 



Brit, Llwynog,/^;/?. LUvynoges Germ. Fuchs 



Fren. Le Renard Dut. Vos 



lial. Voipe S'u.'ed. Raff 



Span. Rapofa Dan. Rev 



Fort. Rapoza 



TH E fox is a crafty, lively, and libidinous ani- 

 mal, it breeds only once in a year (except 

 fome accident befals its firft litter-,) and brings four 

 or five young, which, like puppies, are born blind. It 

 has been a common received opinion, that this animal 

 would produce with the dog kind, but fome late ex- 

 periments prove it to be erroneous, and convince us 

 that this animal will mix only with its own fpecies *. 



* We owe the deteftion of this error to M. de Biiffon, who gives, 

 tne following account of the experiment : J^en Jis garder trots pen- 

 dint deux ans une femelle k^ deux males : on tenia inuiilement de lesf aires 

 eQiouiler anju da cHinnes j quciqu'ih neu(fent jnviaii <vu defemelles de 



