DOG. 
Le Renard croife. Briffon quad . 173. de Buffon 
xiii. 276. 
Korfraef. Faun.fuec . p. 4. 
Inhabits the coldefc parts of Europe , Afia , and 
America: a valuable fur; thicker and fofter 
than the common fort: great numbers of the fkins 
imported from Canada . Not a variety of the Ifatis 
or Arctic fox. 
y. Black Fox. The moll cunning of any: and its 
fkin the moil valuable; a lining of it edeemed 
in RuJJia preferable to that of the fined: fables; 
a Engle fkin will fell for 400 rebels : inhabits the 
northern parts of Afia, and N. America : the 
lad: of inferior goodnefs. 
i. Brant Fox. That defcribed by Gefner * and Lin - 
nceus ** is of a fiery rednefs *, and called by the 
Erfl Brand-fuchfy by the lad: Brandraef: one that 
was the property of Mr. Brook , was fcarce half 
the fize of the common fox : the nofe black; and 
much fharper: fpace round the ears ferruginous : 
forehead, back, fhoulders, fides and thighs^ 
black, mixed with red, afh color, and black ; 
the aih color predominated, which gave it a hoary 
look : the belly yellowifh: tail black above, red 
beneath : cinereous on its fide. This Mr. Brook 
received from Penfylvania , under the name of 
Brant fox. 
_ * Gefner quad. 967. who likewife fays it is lefs than the common 
kind. 
** Faun.fuec. No* 7. 
JE CORSAK 
