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pecially toward the nofe; the ears are fhort and erect ; the eyes are large, and of a 
remarkably brifk and piercing afpedt: the mouth is wide, and is very well furnifhed 
with teeth : the neck is fhort and thick j the body is large ; the legs are about in the 
fame proportion, as to length and thicknefs, as in the hound : the tail is large, and 
covered with a deep fur. 
The colour of the whole body is that fort of tan or liver colour, which we fee in 
fpots on fome of the hounds, and fpaniels, only that it is brighter, and has more of 
the yellow in it: the legs are darker than the body, and there is fomething dark alfo 
about the face. 
This fpecies is a native of the Eaft in vaft abundance: they hunt, and that in natu¬ 
ral packs, it being frequent to hear the notes of more than two hundred of them to¬ 
gether ; in thefe companies they will feize upon animals, which they would never dare 
to attack alone, but there is often bloody fighting about the divifion of the fpoil. It is 
not impoffible but lions, and other larger beads of prey, may be alarmed by the cries of 
thefe little creatures in their chace, and may fall in and rob them of their prey, but the 
general opinion of their attendance on the lion is fabulous. All the writers on qua¬ 
drupeds have mentioned the Jackall; they call it Lupus aureus. 
Cants pilis cervicis ereElis longioribus. 
The Canisy jsoith the hairs of the neck long and ereEl. 
This is a very Angular and a very ugly animal; it is of the bignefs of a bull-dog * 
the head is large and fhort; the nofe is obtufe j the mouth is wide, and furnifhed with 
a terrible armature of teeth; the eyes are large, black, and of a very fierce afped:; 
the ears are fhort, broad, and ered : the neck is very thick, and is covered with a kind 
of briftles inftead of hairs, which naturally ftand ered, and give a very formida¬ 
ble appearance to the creature : the body is bulky and rounded ; the fhape of it is not 
unlike that of a pig : the legs are moderately long, and very robuft j the general co¬ 
lour is a very dufky olive, approaching to black: the legs are darker, and the faca 
paler than the reft. 
It is a native of many parts of the Eaft, and is an extreamly fierce and voracious 
animal. It is not very fwift of foot, but it is continually lying in wait for other crea¬ 
tures, and fcarce any thing that comes in it’s way efcapes it. It’s voice is fhrill, and 
has a mournful found. Some have placed this creature among the monkies, others 
have made it of the badger-kind ; and it is probable that the ftories of the Man-tyger 
and Lamia have been founded on the mifreprefentations which authors have given of 
this animal. 
Cams cauda reEla extremitate alba. 
The Canis, with the tail firaight and white at the tip . 
XI)e 3fo;c. 
The fox much refembles the dog in form, and is of the fize of a common fpaniel: 
the head is large, oblong, and, though confiderably broad at the crown, is very narrow 
at the nofe : the eyes are large and prominent; the ears moderately large and eredl; 
the mouth is wide, and well furnifhed with teeth : the neck is fhort and robuft j the 
body is large, and the legs are very ftrong,. though not remarkably thick ; the tail is 
long and bufhy. The colour of the fox with us is a reddifh-tawny, but in fome parts 
of Germany it is naturally black, in others grey, or of a dark and glofly brown, and 
there are fome places where it is white, either during the winter, or the whole year. 
It is a native of moft parts of Europe, and is a very mifchievous creature about 
farm-houfes, deftroying poultry and other things in a moft rapacious manner. All the 
authors who have written on quadrupeds have defcribed it; they have called it VulpesJ 
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