qafsl. FOX. 59 



It deeps much in the day, but is in motion the whole 

 night in fearch of prey. It will feed on fleih of any 

 kind, but its favorite food is lambs, rabbets, hares, 

 poultry, and feathered game. It will, when urged 

 by hunger, eat carrots and infers-, and thofethat live 

 near the fea-coafts, will, for want of other food, eat 

 crabs, (iirimps, or (hell fifh. In Francs and Italy, it 

 does incredible damage in the vineyards, by feeding 

 on the grapes, of which it is very fond. The fox is 

 a great deftroyer of rats, and field mice ; and like the 

 cat, will play with them a confiderable time, before it 

 it puts them to death. 



When the fox has acquired a larger prey than it 

 can devour at once, it never begins to feed till the 

 reft is fecured, which it does with great addrefs. It 

 digs holes in different places, returns to the fpot where 

 it had left the booty -, and (fuppofing a whole flock of 

 poultry to have been its prey) will bring them one by 

 one, and thrufl them in with its nofe, and then con- 

 ceal them by ramming the loofe earth on them, till 

 the calls of hunger incite him to pay them another 

 vifit. 



Of all animals the fox has the moft lignificant eye, 

 by which it expreffes every paffion of love, fear, 

 hatred, &c. It is remarkably playful, but like all 

 other favage creatures half reclaimed, will on the leafi: 

 offence bite thofe it is moft familiar with. 



leur efpece, et qu ils farujfent prefe du hefoin dejouir, il -,u purent s^y de- 

 terminer, 7 Is refuferent tontes les chiennes, mazs de qiton leur prcfcnta leur 

 femelle lege time, ils la con'vrirent ,quoiqu enchaines et elk producit quatre 

 petits. Hifi. NatitrelleyVn. i\. The fame experiments were tried 

 with a bitch and a male fox; and with a dog and female wolf, 

 hue with the fame effect. Vide vol, v. z\o, 212. 



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