HISTORY pF QUADRUPEDS. 257 



The Martin is about eighteen inches long; the 

 tail ten, and full of hair, especially towards the end, 

 which is thick and bushy; the ears are broad, 

 rounded, and open, the body is covered with a 

 thick fur, of a dark brown colour; the head brown, 

 mixed with red ; the throat and breast are white ; 

 the belly is of the same colour with the back, but a 

 little paler; the feet are broad, and covered on the 

 under side with a thick fur; the claws white, large, 

 and sharp, well adapted for climbing trees, which 

 in this country are its constant residence. 



The skin and excrements have an agreeable 

 musky scent, and are entirely free from that rank- 

 ness which is so disgusting in other animals of this 

 kind. Its fur is valuable, and in high estimation. 



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