THE COMMON OTTER. 205 



Otters are found in most of the counties of Great 

 Britain and Ireland ; but particularly in those which 

 border on the sea. 



In Wales they have the name of dyfrgi: in 

 France, loutre: in Italy, lodra, lodria, loutra: in 

 Spain, nutria: in Germany, otter, fisch otter: in 

 Holland, otter: in Hungary, njescht : in Sweden, 

 utter, iviter : in Denmark, odder: in Poland, tvydra: 

 in Savoy, leure: in Norway, otter, sleuter: in Lap- 

 land, zhievres : in Russia, wydra. 



The inhabitants of the Isle of Skie informed Mr. 

 Martin, that a kind of Otter, with a white spot on 

 the breast, and considerably above the ordinary 

 size, was sometimes seen in that island. They call 

 it the king of the Otters; and describe it as being an 

 extremely shy and timid animal. 



