OF QJJADRUPEDS. 



of fome of our fhepherd's dogs, fmall ; its checks tumid, owing 

 to the ftrong mufcles about its mouth, which give it a power to 

 bite fo terribly ; its ears fhort and round ; its natural cloathing 

 a coarfe briflly hair, of a mixed colour, chiefly a dark grey, ex- 

 cept the head, which from the crown down the face has a broad 

 ftripe of white, and below that another of black, extended far- 

 ther than the eyes, nearly to the neck, with a whitifli border 

 underneath, which makes the head-attire very comely and 

 agreeable. 



The Marten (b) is another of our mountain and wood-inhabi- 

 tants, near houfes. It lives upon birds, mice and other fmall 

 animals. The late humane and much efteemed Ed-ward Charle- 

 ton, of Reeds-mouth, Efq; had a young one, taken in his neigh- 

 bourhood, which by kind treatment grew as tame and familiar 

 as his other houfe-animals, and continued with him two years, 

 brifk and lively, till he parted with it to a friend It is much 

 efteemed for its fine fur, a deep brown, with a fhacii-- of black, 

 bright and glofTy. For fhape it is as long, but flemkver, than 

 one of our common houfe-cats, with fhorter legs, a little peaked 

 head, long hazel-eyes, fhort ears, and whiikers at the mouth ; 

 the tail as long as the whole body, very buihy, with long, thick 

 hair ; the throat whitifh. 



The Putorius, or Pole-Cat (cj, makes its refidence in ftony hil- 

 locks, thickets, and furz, near villages and farm-houfes. It is 



(b) Martes. Gefn. quadr. p. \$\. Cbarlet. quadr. p. 2O. n. 6. Martes aliis Foyna. 

 Raj. quadr. p. 200. Muftela fulvo-nigricans, gula pallida. Linn. Faun. Suec. p. 3. n. 7. 

 MARTEN. MARTERN. CLariet. 1. c. 



(r) Putorius. Gfffi. quadr. p. 767. Cbarlet. quadr. p. 20. n. 5. Raj. quadr. p. 193. 

 Mullela flavefcente nigricans, ore a'bo, collari flavcfccnte. Linn. Faun. Suec. p. 3. n. 8. 

 POLCAT. Cbarlet. 1. c. 



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