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and, about the same time, the French brought into 

 the port of Rochelle, from Canada, upwards of 

 thirty thousand. 



Pine Martins are sometimes, though rarely, ob- 

 served in the woody and thinl) inhabited districts 

 of Wales and Scotland, and two or three of the 

 northern counties of England. In temperate cli- 

 mates they are seldom met with; and in the warmer 

 climates, never. 



In Wales this animal is called bela goed: in 

 France, marte : in Italy, mart a, matura, martaro, 

 martora, martorello, martire : in Spain and Por- 

 tugal, marta : in Germany, f eld-mar der , wild mar- 

 der : in Holland, marter : in Hungary, njescht : in 

 Austria, edlmarder : in Sweden, mard : in Den- 

 mark, maar: in Poland, kuna: in Lapland, natte: 

 in Russia, kunitza. 



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