. The trapper's guide; a manual of instructions for capturing all kinds of fur-bearing animals, and curing their skins; with observations on the fur-trade, hints on life in the woods, and narratives of trapping and hunting excursions. ussia, Sweden, and Norway, by theBlack and Gray, the Cross, the Blue, the White, and theRed ; Middle Europe, by the Red; and Greenland by theBlue and the White. In Southern Africa the Asse orCaama, and in Northern Africa the Fennec or Zerda, belongto the Fox genus. Fur-dealers say that there are thirteendifferent varieties or species of the Fox in Russia. The Fox
. The trapper's guide; a manual of instructions for capturing all kinds of fur-bearing animals, and curing their skins; with observations on the fur-trade, hints on life in the woods, and narratives of trapping and hunting excursions. ussia, Sweden, and Norway, by theBlack and Gray, the Cross, the Blue, the White, and theRed ; Middle Europe, by the Red; and Greenland by theBlue and the White. In Southern Africa the Asse orCaama, and in Northern Africa the Fennec or Zerda, belongto the Fox genus. Fur-dealers say that there are thirteendifferent varieties or species of the Fox in Russia. The Fox is one of the most important of the fur-bearinganimals. The most valuable, most beautiful, most rare, andmost sought for of all the foxes, is the Silver Gray or is found in the high northern latitudes of both continents,but only about two thousand skins in all are annually ob-tained. The best ones bring at the London sales as much astwo hundred dollars each. The Cross Fox is next in this continent the Black, Cross, and Re^l Foxes varySreativ in color and marking, and in quality of fur. This isprobably due to the hybridizing of the different species witheach other. It is thought by some hunters that the Cross. Ph CAPTURE OF ANIMALS. 33 Fox is a hybrid between the Red and the Black. It seems,however, to be a permanent variety. The Fox belongs to the doo; or wolf family, and is carnivo-rous in its habits. The diffeient species closely resemble eachother in size, form, habits, and mode of capture. They differmainly in the color and quality of their fur, which varies, inconsequence of difference in species and in climate, from thecoarsest rl(K>- fur to the finest sable. The American Red Foxis the most common in this country, and in many parts of theUnited States is considered one of the worst robbers of thefarmers sheep-fold and hen-roost. The Red Fox of Europe,though closely resembling the American, is a different species. Foxes feed on grouse, small birds, ha
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