CANADIAN LYNX. 
are, in Norway, four species : that some of 
them approach the figure of the Wolf ; others, 
that of the Fox ; others, that of the Cat ; and, 
lastly, that there are others, the head of which 
resembles that of a Colt. This last fact, 
which I believe to be false, creates the most 
violent suspicion with regard to all the rest. 
The author adds some articles which are more 
probable. 
44 The Lynx," says Pontoppidan, 44 does 
44 not go about the country, but conceals itself 
" in woods and caverns. It makes it's retreat 
44 deep and winding ; from which it can be 
44 expelled by lire and smoke only. It's sigfy# 
44 is piercing, and it spies it's prey at a very 
44 great distance. It often eats no more of a 
44 Sheep or a Goat than the brain, the liver, 
44 and the intestines'; and it digs under the 
44 doors, in order to gain admission into the 
44 sheep-folds." 
44 The species of the Lynx," adds Buffon, 
" is not only spread over Europe, but all the 
northern provinces of Asia. In Tartarv, these 
animals are called Chulon, or Chelason. 
Their 
