2 9 o HISTORY OF QUADRUPEDS. 



remote parts of that vaft continent. They are faid to 

 hunt in packs, and run down the Deer by their fcent. 

 The appearance of thefe animals near the habitations of 

 the Indians, fometimes indicates that the Bifon or the 

 Deer is at no great diftanee ; and when any of thefe are 

 taken, the Wolves are rewarded with the offal. Catefby 

 affirms, that the Wolves of that country have mixed with 

 the Dogs carried thither by the Europeans, and produced 

 an intermediate race. — In the northern regions, there are 



Wolves entirely white, and others of a deep-black- In 



Mexico, there is a variety of the Wolf, with a very large . 

 head, ftrong jaws, and great teeth : On the upper lip it 

 has ftrong briftles> not unlike the fofter fpines of the 

 Porcupine, of a grey and white colour ; its ears are large 

 and erect ; its body is afh-coloured, fpotted with black ; 

 on its fides there are black ftripes from the back down- 

 ward ; its neck is fat and thick, covered with a loofe 

 Ikin, marked with a long tawny ftroke ; on the bread is 

 another of the fame kind ; the tail is long, and tinged in 

 the middle with tawny ; the legs and feet are ftriped 

 with black. It inhabits the hot parts of Mexico or New- 

 Spain, is equally voracious with the European Wolf, at- 

 tacks cattle, and fometimes men. There are no Wolves 

 farther fouth on the new continent. 



