FENNEC; OR, ZERDA. 
little grey, and a bright yellow. The inside 
of the ears is naked in the middle only. They 
are covered with brown hair, mingled with 
yellow, and garnished within with large white 
hairs. The end of the nose is black ; the 
tail yellow, and black at the point. The tail 
is pretty long, but of a diiFerent form from 
that of the Squirrel ; and all the hair, both on 
the body and tail, is very soft." 
This is Mr. Bruce's written account; and 
yet he accuses Dr. Sparman of attacking the 
description given of this animal, " in a con- 
versation with the Count De Buffon at Paris." 
That Mr. Bruce's two descriptions vary, is as 
certain, as that a conversation differs from an I 
account in writing. Nor is it a little extraor- j 
dinary that, when he gave the Count De 
Buffon his figure and description, he neither 
mentioned it's name, nor the material circum- 
stance of having ever possessed the animal. 
These are among the many observation^ 
which have occurred to us. Our readers musj 
ma ke their own inferences. i 
