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canine foes in a degree that might not be expected 

 of so small an animal. Young individuals are 

 easily tamed, and sometimes become as familiar as 

 a dog, but their peculiar odour renders them un. 

 pleasant companions. The hair is used for the 

 brushes employed by painters in softening the 

 colours employed in imitating wood, and the skins 

 were formerly made into pouches by the High- 

 landers. Its flesh is said to be not inferior to that 

 of the Bear, to which it is closely allied in structure. 

 The female, having formed a couch of grass, 

 brings forth three or four young ones, which do 

 not come abroad until they have attained a consi- 

 derable size. They are sometimes obtained by 

 digging up the burrow, and the old individuals are 

 procured in the same manner, or by fastening a 

 bag, furnished with a running string, in the mouth 

 of the hole, into which they rush when pursued. 

 In Scotland, and the northern parts of England, 

 this animal is usually named the " Brock," which 

 is also the name given it by the Highlanders in their 

 original language. 



