346 Wild Life in Wales 



Another Marten once gave me an exhibition of his powers 

 of locomotion by cantering, with easy, swinging strides, not 

 unlike a hare, for half a mile, or more, in a straight line, up 

 the ridge of a high hill. Probably he had been disturbed 

 somewhere further down, and was making for a place of 

 greater security ; for during the whole distance he never 

 once paused to look behind him. 



