. The naturalist's library; containing scientific and popular descriptions of man, quadrupeds, birds, fishes, reptiles and insects; . other thing, they will devour boots, shoes, harnesses, &c, and whatleather they have not time to consume they take away with them. Whenthey cannot meet with any live prey, they dig up the dead carcasses of menand animals. The natives are obliged to cover the graves of the dead withlarge thorns, and other things, to prevent them from scratching and diggingup the dead bodies. The dead are buried very deep in the earth ; for it isnot a little trouble that discourag
. The naturalist's library; containing scientific and popular descriptions of man, quadrupeds, birds, fishes, reptiles and insects; . other thing, they will devour boots, shoes, harnesses, &c, and whatleather they have not time to consume they take away with them. Whenthey cannot meet with any live prey, they dig up the dead carcasses of menand animals. The natives are obliged to cover the graves of the dead withlarge thorns, and other things, to prevent them from scratching and diggingup the dead bodies. The dead are buried very deep in the earth ; for it isnot a little trouble that discourages them. Numbers of them work together,and accompany their labor with a doleful cry; and, when they are onceaccustomed to feed on dead bodies, they run from country to country, followarmies, and keep close to the caravans. This animal may be styled thecrow of quadrupeds ; for they will eat the most putrid or infectious flesh ;their appetite is so cons/ant and so vehement, that the driest leather is sa-vory to them; and ski: flesh, fat, excrement, or the most putrefied animal,is alike to their taste. 150 MAMMALIA-FOX THE FOX. 5IllgEL?i^M^ Is one of the most widely distributed animals, and is found in all the tempe-rate and northern regions of the old and new world. With one exception,the structure of the eye, the organization of the fox and dog are the fox preys by night. He has always been famous for his cunning;he generally fixes his residence at the edge of a wood, and yet not far re-moved from some cottage or some hamlet. He listens to the crowing ofthe cock, and the cackling of other domestic fowls : even at a considerabledistance he scents them, and seizes his opportunity. If he be able to getinto the yard, he begins by levelling all the poultry without remorse. Thisdone, he carries off a part of the spoil, hides it at some convenient distance,and again returns to the charge. Taking off another fowl in the samemanner, he hides that also, though not in the sam
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