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go to the banks of the Ohy ; are taken in traps: 
oft-time the glutton and great owl deftroys them, 
before the hunter can take them out: the {kins of 
fmall value: the great rendezvous of thefe animals 
on the banks of the frozen fea, and the rivers that 
flow into it, being found there in great troops. 
Grey fox. Smith's <voy. Virginia, Carolina, II. 78. 11 4 * Gret. 
2 7. JoJJelyns voy. 82. rarities, 21. Canis ex cinereo argenleus Brif- 
Lanvfons Carolina, 125. Catejhy fon quad. 174. 
D. with a {harp nofe : fharp, long upright ears t 
legs long : color grey, except a little rednefs about 
the ears. 
Inhabits Carolina , and the warmer parts of 
America : differs from the ardic fox in form; and 
in nature of its dwelling: agrees with the common 
fox in the firft, varies from it in the laft: never bur¬ 
rows , lives in hollow trees: gives no diverfion to 
the fportfman, for after a mile’s chace takes to its- 
retreat: has no ftrong fmell: feeds on poultry , 
birds, &c. eafily made tame : their fkins, when in 
feafon, made ufe of for muffs. 
Le renard argente. Charlevoix Nouv. France, V, 196. Du Prate. 11 -.Silver. 1% 
Louifian. II. 64. v . 
In form refembling the common fox: abound in 
the wooded eminencies, in Lonifiana , which are 
every where pierced with their holes : their coat 
very beautifull: the fhort hairs of a deep brown \ 
over them fpring long filvery, hairs which give the 
animal a very elegant appearance : as they live in fo¬ 
re Its 
