A book of the United States : exhibiting its geography, divisions, constitution and government ..and presenting a view of the republic generally, and of the individual states; together with a condensed history of the land ..The biography ..of the leading men; a description of the principal cities and towns; with statistical tables .. . s. It exhibits different colors at different seasons andits general color is grizzly, growing gradually darker from the foreshoulders to the hinder part of the back. The inferior parts of the bodyare whin-, tinged slightly with faint reddish brown. The tail is t
A book of the United States : exhibiting its geography, divisions, constitution and government ..and presenting a view of the republic generally, and of the individual states; together with a condensed history of the land ..The biography ..of the leading men; a description of the principal cities and towns; with statistical tables .. . s. It exhibits different colors at different seasons andits general color is grizzly, growing gradually darker from the foreshoulders to the hinder part of the back. The inferior parts of the bodyare whin-, tinged slightly with faint reddish brown. The tail is thick andbushy. The itaZ Fox is a very beautiful species, and abounds in the mid-dle and southern states, where it proves very troublesome to summer, its fur is long, fine, and brilliant; in winter, it becomes longerand more thick. The length of this species is about two feet, and of itstail, nearly a foot and a half. Its fur is valuable, and much used. Whent young, the red fox is very playful, and may be domesticated to aarable degree; we have known it to live in perfect friendship witha number of dogs, and to take much pleasure in tumbling about and sport-ing with them.* The Black Fox bears a striking resemblance to the common fox, fromwhich it has nothing to distinguish it but its abundant and beautiful black. Black Fox. fir. Its color is rich and lustrous, having a small quantity of white ming-led with the prevailing lilack on different parts of its body. It is foundthroughout the northern parts of America, but no where in great Swift For is a very interesting species, inhabiting the open plainswhich stretch from the base of the Rocky Mountains towards the Mis-sissippi. * A very young whelp of tins fox was. some time ago, brought to the PhiladelphiaMuseum in company with its foster mother, a common cat, which had adopted andappeared to be very fond of it. She continued to nurse the little fox for several weeks,LUch affectionate solicitude when he
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