. History of Vermont, natural, civil, and statistical, in three parts, with a new map of the state, and 200 engravings . orswimming than for running upon land ;and he is so eminently aquatic in his hab-its that he is seldom seen at much distancefrom the water. This animal when fullygrown measured according to Dr. Wil-liams; 5 or six feet in length and weighedabout 30 pounds, but the total length ofthose taken at present seldom exceeds4 feet. The price of the skin is at pres-ent from 5 to 7 dollars, but it has been attimes in such demand as to be worth 10or 12 dollars. Genus Canis.—
. History of Vermont, natural, civil, and statistical, in three parts, with a new map of the state, and 200 engravings . orswimming than for running upon land ;and he is so eminently aquatic in his hab-its that he is seldom seen at much distancefrom the water. This animal when fullygrown measured according to Dr. Wil-liams; 5 or six feet in length and weighedabout 30 pounds, but the total length ofthose taken at present seldom exceeds4 feet. The price of the skin is at pres-ent from 5 to 7 dollars, but it has been attimes in such demand as to be worth 10or 12 dollars. Genus Canis.— Characters.—Teeth 42—Incis-ors « canine grinders b_b The iliree > 0 I 1 J » ° 17 first grinders in the upper jaw are small and edged,and are termed false molars, or grinders ; thegreat carnivorous touth above bicusped, with asmall tubercle on the inner side, and two tubercu-lous teeth behind each of the carnivorous elongated, naked and rounded at the ex-tremity ; tongue smooth, ears pointed and erect inihe wild species; fore feet with 5 toes and hindfeet with 4, having robust THE COMMON lupus.——General color yellow-ish or reddish gray, blackish on the shoul-ders and rump, and yellowish white be-neatb, but varying much according to ageand climate, being in some cases nearlyblack and in otbers almost white.* Onthe back and sides there is usually anintermixture of long black, and white hairswith a grayish wool, which partially ap-pears, giving to those parts a grayish hue,which deepens along the back into black ;hair on the back part of the cheeks, bushy ;tail straight and bushy like that of the foxand nearly the color of the back ; eyesoblique; ears erect; teeth very strong. ?Difference of colour lias been tho occasion of thedivision of this species into the following varieties :Variety I. Lupiii crriseus, Common Gray Lupus ulbus, White WolT. 3. Lupus slide, Pied ; 4. Lupus nubihts. Dusky
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