ARCTIC FOX. 
you a drawing of an undescvlbed animal, 
called Cossac. It was brought from tlie vast 
desarts of Tartary, situated between the Rivers 
Jaick, Emba, and the source of the Irtish. 
These Cossacs are so numerous in that part 
of the country, that the Tartars transport 
annually fifty thousand of their skins to 
Oremburg, from whence they are carried to 
Siberia and Turkey. From the point of the 
muzzle to the origin of the tail, this animal is 
about one foot and eight inches in length ; 
and his tail is ten inches long. The shape of 
the head, the mild aspedl, and the barking, 
of this animal, make him approach the Fox. 
His blood is ardent ; and his breath has a dis- 
agreeable odour, like that of the Jackal! and 
Wolf." After givino; this extra6l from Mr. 
Collinson's letter, Buffon remarks that, " from 
the drawing, and still more from the sho:t 
descriptions of M. DemidoiF and M. Gmelin, 
this animal appears to be the Isatis ; and, for 
that reason," he concludes, " I have caused 
it to be engraved." 
To this we shall only add, what BufFon l.as 
himself baspc6lcd, that he was better war- 
rantei 
