498 A P P E N D I X. 



Dog, 54.. The firft that broke a fetting 



dog to the net, was an Englijh 

 nobleman of mod diftinguifhed 

 abilities, Robert Dudley, duke of 

 Northumberland. Wood ii. 27. 



Polecat 3 78* The following fact may be de- 



pended on, which confirms the 

 intercourfe between the pole- 

 cat and the ferret. The reve- 

 rend Mr. Lewis, vicar of Llan- 

 fowel, in Caermarthenjhire, had a 

 tame female ferret which was 

 permitted to 20 about the houfe, 

 it abfented itfelf for feveral days, 

 and then returned ; it proved 

 with young, and produced nine 

 of a deep brown color, more 

 like the polecat than the ferret. 

 This female could not copulate 

 with one of its own fpecies, 

 the owner having no other : and 

 thofe in the neighborhood were 

 three miles diflant, and clofely 

 confined. 



The kfs long tailed Field This is a non-defcrlpt fpecies 

 Moufe 9 104, communicated to us this year 



by the rev. Mr. White of Sel- 

 borne, Hants. 



They are very frequent in 

 Hampjhire, efpecially during har- 



veft. 



