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from Spain. Perhaps it \V25 a variety of this, 
which Dr. Pallas informs me was killed in the 
Pine woods on the hanks of the Volga, below 
Casan. It was of a uniform whitish yellow 
above, and unspotted; beneath, w^hite ; the 
ears tipped with black. That might also be 
the variety seen by Dr. Forster in the Empress's 
Menagery at Petersburgh, brought from the 
kingdom of Thibet : with dusky spots, on a 
yellowish white ground ; and of a fierce 
and piercing aspect. It inhabits the vast fo- 
rests of the north of Europe, Asia,, and Ame- 
rica : not India ; though poets have harnessed 
them to the chariot of Bacchus, in his conquest 
of that country. It is long-lived, and brings 
two or three young at a time. It will not 
attack mankind ; but is very destru6live to the 
rest of the animiil creation. The furs of these 
animals arc valuable for their softness and 
warmth. The farther North and East they 
are taken, the whiter they are, and the more 
distindi the spots : of these, the most elegant 
kind is called Irbys, taken near Lake Balckash, 
wdiose skin sells on the spot for cne "pound 
sterling." 
Peni:ant quotes, from Ovid, the passage 
alluded 
