The Cabinet of natural history and American rural sports . ike hismasters. Its a proof hes aye glowerin up in his mas-ters een, to discover what hes thinking on; and then,without the word or wave o command, to be aff to executethe widl o his silent thocht, whether it be to wear sheepor run doon deer. Hector got sae like me, afore he deed,that I remember when I was owre lazy to gang to the kirk,I used to send him to take my place in the pew—and theminister never kent the difference. Indeed he ance askedme, next day, what I thocht o the sermon; for he saw mewonderfu attentive amang a rather slee
The Cabinet of natural history and American rural sports . ike hismasters. Its a proof hes aye glowerin up in his mas-ters een, to discover what hes thinking on; and then,without the word or wave o command, to be aff to executethe widl o his silent thocht, whether it be to wear sheepor run doon deer. Hector got sae like me, afore he deed,that I remember when I was owre lazy to gang to the kirk,I used to send him to take my place in the pew—and theminister never kent the difference. Indeed he ance askedme, next day, what I thocht o the sermon; for he saw mewonderfu attentive amang a rather sleepy and me gied ane anither sic a look! and I wasfeared Mr. Paton wud hae observed it; but he was a sim-ple, primitive, unsuspectin auld man—a very Nathanielwithout guile, and he jealoused naething; tho both Hectorand me was like to split; and the dog after laughing in hissleeve, for mair than a hundred yards, could standt naelonger, but was obliged to loup awa owre a hedge into apotato field, pretending to have scented AND AMERICAN RURAL SPORTS. 25 RED FOX. CANIS (VULPES) FULVUS. Renard de ll}-gi?iie. Palisot de Beauvois. JBuL —Large Red Fox of the Plains. Lewis &Clark.—Red Fox. Sabine. App. to Franklins Joiir-. ney, 656. Godman, vol. i. 276.—American , Faun. am. bor. 91.—Canis fulviis,Desm. Mamm. 203. Icon F. Cuv. Mam. Lit hog.—J. Doughtys Collection. The various species of the Fox have been classed bymost natLiralists in the genus Canis Lin. together with thewolf and jackal. From these animals, however, they differin man} important particulars. In the dogs, the pupil of theeye is circular and diurnal; whilst in the Fox, it is linearand nocturnal. The tail is also more bushy, the nose morepointed, and the scent stronger than in the former. Thereis likewise a very marked dissimilarity in many of theirhabits and manners; thus the Fox burrows, which the dogdoes not, the voice of the former is rather a yelp than
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