ARCTIC FOX. 
these Foxes will desert the country for three or 
four years ; probably, in pursuit of their prey : 
for it is well known, that the migrations of 
the Lcming are very inconstant ; appearing, in 
certain countries, only once in several years. 
The people of Jenesea suspeft, that they go to 
the banks of the Oby. The Ardic Foxes are 
taken in traps: oft-times, the Glutton, and 
Great Owl, destroy them before the hunter 
can take them out. The skins are of small 
value. The great rendezvous of these ani- 
mals is on the banks of the Frozen Sea, and 
the nveis that flow into it, being found therein 
great troops. Molina found this species in 
Chili." 
BufFon gives a still more copious account 
of this animal — " If," says he, *' a number 
of resemblances, joined to a perfedl confor- 
mity of internal parts, were sufficient to con- 
stitute unity of species, the Wolf, the Fox, 
and the Dog, would form but one ; for the re- 
f.emblances are more numer(5ns than the diire- 
renccs, and the similarity of the internal parts 
is compleat. "j'nese three animals, however, 
not only constitute three distind species ; but 
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