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be admired. The Fox is the only one of the party which 

 has the plea of neceffity on his fide ; and it operates fo 

 itrongly, that he often efcapes the utmoft efforts of his 

 purfuers, and returns to his hole in fafety. The fmell of 

 his urine is fo offenfive to the Dogs, that it fometimes 

 proves the means of his efcape from them. When all 

 his fhifts have failed him, and he is at laft overtaken, he 

 then defends himfelf with great obftinacy, and fights in 

 filence till he is torn in pieces by the Dogs. 



There are three varieties of Foxes in this illand, which 

 differ from each other more in form than in colour. 



The Greyhound FOX 



is the largeft, and is chiefly found in the mountainous 

 parts of England and Scotland : He is likewife the bold- 

 eft, and will attack a well-grown Sheep. -^His ears are 

 long and erect, and his afpecl: wild. 



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