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NATURAL HISTORY 
FOX. 
The Fox has always been famous for his 
artifices; and the reputation he has thus 
acquired, he partly merits. He generally 
fixes his residence at the edge of a wood, 
and yet not far from some cottage or ham- 
let. If he be uble to get into a yard or fowl- 
house, he begins by levelling all the poultry 
without remorse. The Fox is so voracious, 
that when he has no belter food, he devours 
lizards, frogs, toads, &c. 
The Fox is produced in most countries, 
and varies in size and colour. In Muscovy, 
some are white, some red, and others black. 
His stratagems are so well known, that they 
need not be recorded here. 
