NATURAL HISTORY. 



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leaves it until the last morsel is consumed. Be this as it 

 may, the Glutton is known to hunt after its prey, which it 

 follows for many miles at a slow but persevering pace, and 

 seldom fails of bringing it down at last. It is especially 

 hated by the sable hunter, as it will follow him in his rounds, 

 robbing the traps of the baits as it proceeds, and should a 

 sable be caught it generally tears it to pieces, or buries it in 

 the snow. The hunter has some slight revenge in robbing it 

 of its skin, as the fur is in some request, but the mischief it 

 does him is not by any means counterbalanced by the value 

 of its hide. 



It is a very determined animal, and when attacked defends 

 itself vigorously, proving more than a match for a dog. The 

 length of the glutton, without the tail, is about two feet six 

 inches. 



Several genera are omitted. 



MELES. (Lai. a Bady r. ) 







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Vulgaris (Lat. common), the Badycr. 



This harmless and much injured animal (which is often 

 subjected to such ill treatment that the term "badgering" a 

 person is used to express irritating him in every possible 

 way) is found throughout Europe and Asia. It is not now 

 very common in England, but is frequently found in Scotland, 



