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Length from head to tail one foot four inches, French ; tail feven — 
inches, or to the end of the hairs nine. 
Inhabits Canada. 
Hift. Quad. N° 201, and p. 328.—Swmellie, vii. 309- 
Muftela Zibellina, Pallas Sp. Zool. fa/e. xiv. 54. tab. 
EESEL. With head and ears whitifh: the ears broad, in- 
clining to a triangular form, and rounded at top, in the 4a- 
tic fpecimens ; in the American, rather pointed: whole body of a light 
tawny: feet very large, hairy above and below: claws white. 
Length, from nofe to tail, twenty inches; of the trunk of the tail, 
four inches; from the bafe to the end of the hairs eight: of a dufky 
color. 
This defcription is taken from a fkin fent from Canada: but it ex- 
tends acrofs the whole continent, being frequently found among the 
furs which the Americans traffic with among the inhabitants of the 
T/chukt/chi Nofs *. The American fpecimen, which I had opportunity of 
examining, was of the bleached, or worft kind; probably others may 
equal in value thofe of Za. 
The great refidence of thefe animals is in 4/a, beginning at the Ural- 
lian chain, and growing more and more plentiful as they advance eaft- 
ward, and more valuable as they advance more north. None are 
found to the north-eaft of the 4vadir, nor in any parts deftitute of 
trees. They love vaft forefts, efpecially thofe of fir, in which thofe 
of moft exquifite beauty are found. They are frequent in Kamt/- 
chatka, and are met with in the Kuri/iflest. They extend from about 
Jat. 50 to lat. 58. 
They are very eafily made tame: will attach themfelves fo to their 
matter, as to wander a confiderable way, and return again to their home. 
* Dogor Pallas. - + Defer. Kamt{chatha, 275. 
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