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I'" t< nf ,:,e

cOt"in~nt

,hi, O,t)', This cnuntr)', a ftw

~(lItl.r:It"tCI' ,

"itS

much

;tll.'!lt'lt

with theru. Su ¡lite as

,hc \" ." t

~ ;

i ,

d,er~

an ...

01'

p,trli,mcllt

ohli~,n~

:011

the

\Icntkm"n

and

Irn~1'\'~

I/¡r.

,hír'.:r..:.nt

Ihir~s

~;~Odd'h~t

{(l

r',!c

P'f1p:'rl y

m~\L

trll

tIUh'S

in the

)'cu,

in ordcr

(ú

¡j,

11 ruv tl.t l' "I"cs. Illll the)

"r~

n,w lo

dF",~u~lIy

rllottO

(hIt.

r1l.lt

Ilot ('OC

¡¡,un

h,\!:

hC~1\

fe'!n

wild,

(Ven in

tI.<' h'

f.hl

:onol<,

1'11'

,remllr)' r,l!. See Pl.ltC

11. fig.

:. '1

hy:fna, 10,15"

11,<1;

jointtd

,,01,

"ith ,he h:nr

liS

ncrk .'e<'t, fm,1I

n"k~d

t.trs, ano fOllr IOtS

IIn

eddt

:'~CH,

'~O"t th~

lir< ,,1" a lo\\'. ,oel i,s hcad rrfem–

:,I.s tha, of,

b,),r,

Thr h"i" "" the

h:t~k

are ahuu, a

11" n

lo"~, "r~ll,

,od

~llck"

Ihc PUiOlS, aod the eyes

"re nC,lr .:oeh OI lorr.

h,' h)'a:n,

a oa,ive of Indi.

ano M,ic.. IIe digs 1.01., in the eanh -like a fox,

wl.rrr

,ctirl" fWIll

oI.tn

~rr,

11.

is "ery fono of hu-

10'111

110,111 . ..I,i,h 10<,i;!!s 0111 of chul ch.)'aros io Ihe nighl.

\VI,en

;"im~o,

he 1.I)'s h"ld uf a w:apun, or ,ny Ihing

Ih,1I

1I11'<ntl" "n,1k:ep' it 1:'11 io his teeth, which m, k.s

1,IIn ,n ,·,tfy

1"(')'

to hunlers,

The

vulp~s.

I ....

h, s a nr"it t:oil, white al Ihe

rOlnI. His oudy is ydlowilh, or r,lIher IIraw-colonred;

I,is ea:! .ro litMII :!ud e. c," ; h:s I,ps

ar~

whili/h, aod

bs 1" .rdw

~re

ol.lek,

F,um

the

bar"

of the I,il, a

1l1I'0~

f"c'1I is emitlrrl, which

fom~ p.orl~

is very

{r'C'J'''. aod

11'

uthers cxtremdy oil:lgr<c.ble. The

flls 's •

n~li,<:

,1:,"1111

ele,yqu mer of the globe:

d,~s

hules o. o(" s!n

ti"

canh; aoo is of fueh

wtld .od

(,v,t!;e

1'1'0lill"", IhOl il is

impo~ible

fully10 tam: him.

i, cll« mo¿ 10 be Ihe moll erafly aod cllnoiog of all

bc.t!l; 01" pt ey. H,s cralllocfs is priocipall)' ddcoverod

by the fehtm"

L:lIs uro" in oroer 10 cal:h lamhs,

;'cdr,

h'ns, aod all kinds

fm,lI birds, When the

r::n,I!s arc io fcafon. Ihey make a dif.,Sflcaole yelpiog

otlllte io Ihe nighl.

rl:~s

\Vheo he h"rs

th~

explolioo

of aguo, or fmells gun·powdtr.

is exceedingly

fond of gral,es, aod does otllch mi1chicf in

vin~yaros.

Various melhods are ddily elllployed 10 dellroy foxes;

theyare huoled \Virh dogsj iroo-traps are ofleo fel at

thei, holes; and Iheir holes are fomelimes f,"ok ed 10

make rhem ruo

011',

that they

Ola)'

rhe more readily fall

into rhe Inares,

o~be

killedby dogs or fire-arms. Ru! all

Ihe am .h' l have beto emplo)'ed are infuflicieol for Ihe

pu'

p~f,

of rooriog him Our ef aoy couo"y. They hal'e

fo mac,l' p,llfages io their deos, aod ofteo at , greal di–

n.oce. Ih? I. lhcy ofieo make Iheir efcape. Whell hunr–

ed, they nel'er ruo rlire<'tly foreward, om make a greal

many d,'ubliogs aod IlIrnings; aod when in daoger ofbe–

ing lakeo, they ,mil fuch a fmell from their polleriors, thit!

rl,ehunrerscao hardlyeodnre it. See Plale

LX[I,

fig+

T he alopex, or fitld·fox, isevery way thc fame with

the commoo fox, exccpl in thepoiot of thelail, which is

"Iack.

The

la~opus,

or white fox, wilh a Orail lai l, and

Ihe apex of difTcrenl colollrs. The legs

are

very hairy.

iol,abirs the mOllntaio, of Lapland ,od Siheli•.

The aureus, or

j~ckall,

is a oauve of Ihe

E,1l

Iodies. T here i, 00 genuioe defcriprion of this aoinlal.

:TheyafTeOlble io large t'OOps in rhe n¡gh!, in femal

pam or Afia, aod make a hideous howling noife. \Vhen

ooe call" he is aofwered by numbers tven at great di–

llanee,; fo rhar io a /hon lime rhe whole 1V00ds rtfouod

wilh Iheir noife, Thi, noife roufes all Ihe othcr lViId

e /\

aninltll, as lioos, Iygers,

(1(.

who lake

adl'aota~e

<lr

Ih~ ~,'ncrJ I

COllfltlllation, alld dcvour the 11'eaker .nl–

mals. This cirCUOlfl.ncc h.,5 prr,babl)' given rife 10 d,t

ooti,,,, o: Ihe

Ickall's b,'iog the lion'! providcr. T Io"y

hirle themlel"es in holes d"l1ng tloe d,y, 'nll roo in quelt

01' Iheor I'rey io Ihe lIight: They [o",<times fall

IIpOIl

chddren, . n,1de"ml( rhemwl,en no a/liIl,lncr is near.

8. The hlcK"anus, h,1S t f",,,olh croolted laíl. .The

bo"y is alh-colDltred,

vdrie~

,wl lVirh )'ellow IpolS.

a n3ti l'eotMl'x"n, ,tlld is c:dlrd

he moun!;,in·c.1

S,,,.,

- 9,'

The thous, has a II1IOOlh, crooked L1il.

"1'_

per

P'r!

of IIIS

~l,dy

g' ~y,

and Ihe h,¡lIy is wlOllc.

He tS ••

~our

d,e

lil~

uf a l1(ge

and is l'vlllld

Su–

rioam.

CASt S,

t~e

DOG' FlsH, a n"lIe gil'en In feveral fpecic,

Orr(IU~llIs,

See S't)IAI.",.

CAS'S

lII.jor,

io a!lrono",)', a coonellJtion of the fou–

Ihern hemifphere.

CANH

mimf,

,cANICUI,\I",

CANI('Ul.A,

;tnro.

nomy, a cooOclldlioo of Ihe

""rdl~rn h<mifvhc,~.

CANKER, a Meafe iocidenl 10 trees, proe"co'"g

chic~y

fro01 Ihe oature of Ihe fnil.

make, rhe bark ror

aod fall. If rhe caoker he in

bnllr.h, CUI

olf;

in a IJrge hou&h, al lo,ne dill:tuce

1"01\\

the rreej

and io a fm,dl one, dofc

il: Bu! for ol'er-hot

Orong

gr~uod,

the mold i, tO b, cOllled abou! rhe

rools IVilh ponrl mutl, .n 1cow oung.

CA NA, io

but.ny

, a

g"I1"S

nf rhe monandria mono–

gyn"

c1.rs

. Thcre are tuur fpecies of rhis planr,

.11

o' tlves 01 the Indies,

CAN

,1!1lS,

hemp, in bOlao)', a geous of Ihe dia:cia

penr,ndri,t

cI.fs

, T he cal'K nf Ihe male is divided

ioto five fegmenr" and i, has 00 corolla, The cali"

of Ihe

f¿n"l~

coofins of ooc leaf, opeo ar Ihe fioej it

has I\VO /I )'lij and lhe nut or

c~pl"le

confins of rwo

valves . There is but one fpccies,

viz

tbe f.liva, or

commoo hemp, analice 01' Inrlia. For Ihe melhod

or c,,!tinling aod prepariog henil',

fe~

FLAJ/, aod

HE"P .

CANNACORUS, in hotao)',

Sce

CANSA.

CANNEL-COAL, a fllbll,lnce which has ,

hn~

lime,

rhongh lVith very litl le reafuo, beco confouodeo, both

a' Ihors aod druggills, with j'l. It is dug up in

many parrs of Eogl.tno

111

grear aouodaoce, panicul"ly

io LaocaOI;re, where il is hurO! as commoo fuel.

is work ed iOlo lOys and lHeofils of various kiods,

uode~

Ihe name of jet. lo med.cioe. ir is faio

be good io

rhe colic ; bUI the prefeot pra<'tice I,kcs 00 OOllCe

of it.

CANNON, io the military an, an eogioe or fi re·arm for

rhrowing iroo, Icao, or Ilune bullels, by force of gUII-

powder.

C:tonons al fil'O wcre called bomoard:e, froOl lhe

noife rhe)' mad<. They had likewife the o, me of

cui–

I'erio,

~afililk,

&c.

frollt Ihe oeans Ihar were ¡erre·

f<oled upon Ihem; aoo rhe Spaniaros, froOl de"OIioo,

gave theO! Ihe n'lIte or faiols ; wilnefs Ihe r.'eh,t a–

punles which Charles V. ordered 10 be caO

Malag",

for hisexpedition

TUllis.

The mel, l of which cannons are compofco, is ei–

rher iroo, or which is more ufual, a mixlure of cop–

per, lio, and brafs; lhe' tip bcipg added 10 Ihe cop–

.per.