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and other vegetable substances. They are 

 sometimes brought to Mexico, and when do- 

 mesticated, and improved in their food, they 

 increase in size. Those I have seen were 

 about ten or eleven inches long, and appeared 

 to be a timid weakly race, though not very 

 good-natured. I procured one at Mexico, 

 which had just arrived from the north, but it 

 died in a few days. 



Mexico produces an animal which seems to 

 connect the wolf, fox, and dog : it is called 

 the Cocyotie, and is about two-thirds of the 

 size of the wolf, which it greatly resembles in 

 shape and colour. While travelling, I have 

 frequently heard their clamorous cries in the 

 night, when hunting in concert in large packs. 

 They are destructive to lambs, poultry, &c. 

 but never attack man. I have seen them near 

 the road side when travelling in the day ; — 

 they suffer you to approach almost within 

 gun-shot, and then move off very deliberately. 



