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exterminated, directly or indirectly, through man's 

 agency, within the historical period. The bear, the 

 wild boar, the wolf, the reindeer, and the beaver have 

 all become extinct since the Roman occupation ; the 

 badger, the otter, the marten, and the stoat are being 

 slowly driven out in our own time ; the fallow deer and 

 the white cattle have been artificially preserved ; and 

 even the fox would perhaps have died out long ago but 

 for the strenuous exertions of sportsmen. 



