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THE WOLVKRTXE, OR GLUTTON. 

 (Miistcla Gnlo, Linn. Lc Glutton, Buff. 



THIS voracious animal is found in all the coun- 

 tries bordering on the Northern Ocean, both in 

 Europe and Asia : it is likewise common in Canada, 

 the country about Hudson's Bay, and other parts 

 of North America, where it is known by the name 

 of the Carcajou. 



It has been variously described by naturalists. 

 We have selected the account given by M. Buffon, 

 which was taken from a living one in his posses- 

 sion. Its length, from the nose to the insertion of 

 .the tail, was two feet two inches; the tail eight 

 inches long; the length of the fore legs was eleven 

 inches, and the hind ones twelve; it had five toes 

 on each foot, armed with long sharp claws; the 

 middle claw of the fore foot was one inch and a half 

 long; the muzzle, as far as the eyebrows, was 

 black; its eyes \vere small and black, and its ears 

 short; its breast and under jaw were spotted with 

 white; the back, legs, belly, and tail, were black. 

 During its confinement, it did not discover symp- 



