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XXVIII. Account of fever al Quadrupeds 
from Hud fon’s Bay *, by Mr. John Rein- 
hold Forfter, F. R. S . 
Read May 21, 1772. 
i. Arctic Fox, Penn. Synopf. of Quadr. p. 155. 
n. 1 1 3. Canis Lagopus, Linn. 
Severn River. 
A moft beautiful Ipecimen in its fnowy winter 
furr ; this animal feems to be lower on its legs 
than the common fox, and is prodigioufly well 
fecured againft the intenfe cold of the climate, 
by the thicknefs and length of its hairs, 
which are at the fame time as foft as filk. 
* Among the occafiona] advantages, which the obfervations 
of the laft Tranfit of Venus have procured, that of receiving 
ufeful informations from, and fettling correfpondencies in, feve- 
ral parts of the world, is not the leaft confiderable. From the 
fa£tory at Hudfon’s Bay, the Royal Society were favoured with 
a large collection of uncommon quadrupeds, birds, fiflies, & c. 
togetner with fome account of their names, place of abode, 
manner of life, ufes, by Mr. Graham, a gentleman belonging 
to the fettlement on Severn River j and the governors of the 
Hudfon’s Bay Company have moll obligingly fent orders, that 
thefe communications fhould be from time to time continued. 
The defcriptions contained in the following papers were pre- 
pared and given by Mr. Forfter, before his departure on an ex- 
pedition, which will probably open an ample field to the moft 
important difcoveries. M. M, 
