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bushy, or shaggy ; hair about two inches long, and 

 very coarse; his head sallow grey; back almost 

 black ; breast spotted with white ; belly dark brown ; 

 sides and rump, light reddish brown. This animal 

 lives in holes, cannot run fast, and has a clumsy ap- 

 pearance.. He is very mischievous to hunters, fol- 

 lowing them when setting their traps, and destroy- 

 ing their game, particularly the beaver. Found ia 

 the northern states. Dr. Williams says, that they 

 are very fierce. 



Wolf. Of this animal, which is of the dog kind, 

 or rather the dog himself in his savage state, we 

 have great numbers, and a considerable variety in 

 size and colour. 



The dimensions of a skin, measured while writing 

 this account,^' wxre as follows ; 



Ft. Inc. 



Length of the body • . .5 



The fore legs .... 18 



The hind legs . • . . 15 



The tail . . . .18 



The circumference of the body w^as from two and a 

 half to three feet. 



In ¥ermont one was killed that weighed ninety- 

 two pounds, t 



The colour of these animals in the northern states 

 is generally a light dirty sallow, with a list of black 

 along their back. Mr. Williams says, that in Ver- 

 mont the colour is a dirty grey, with tinges of yellow 

 about his ears and legs. In some the black is ex- 



* Morse, 1805. 



t Wiilianis's Vermont^ p. 54, 



