54 H A R E, B E A V E R, &c. 



foetid fmell of the Weefel and Stoat. Is taken in traps baited with a 

 moufe, or fmall bird. The fkin is equal in price to that of the Er- 

 mine. — Profeflbr Retzius. 



54. The common Englijh Hare is found in Sweden, and is perhaps the 



only kind in the fouthern part. ProfefTor Retzius is of opinion, that 

 it does not differ in fpecies from the Varying., No. 37. ArEl.l^ool. \ 

 have given my reafons, in the 'Tour to Scotland, and my Hiftory of ^a- 

 drupeds, vol. II. p. 370, for differing from his refpeflable opinion. 



In Sweden the common Hare is in fummer of a duflcy brown : in 

 winter becomes cinereous. In that ftate, I have feen a brace fent over 

 to England. In Scania they are twice as large as they are in the northern 

 parts o^ Sweden, i. e. than thofe I call the Varying. 



^8. The Beaver is extremely fcarce in the lower part oi Sweden. Mn 



Oedman recollects but one inftance, and that was in Wefirogothia. It 

 was fo little known there, that the common people regarded it as a 

 prodigy. 



109* The Caqiia, or Canada Porcupine, feeds much on the bark of pines 



or juniper: it is their food the greateft part of the year, and the buds 



' of willows their chief fupport the reft. In walking it drags its tail along 



the ground. Indians difcover them by the track they make, but chiefly 



by the unbarked trees. 



EI I. The /iFd'»z//^, or Quebec Marmot, feeds on coarfe grafs. It burrows 



in the earth in a perpendicular manner. The Indians take it by pouring- 

 water into the holes, which forces it out. — P. 



151. Five varieties of Seals are found in the Baltic. It is made a doubt 



whether they are not even diftinft fpecies. 



The firft is the Grey Seal, Grd Sidl, which when jirft born is wholly 



yellow : but that color foon grows obfcure, and the Ikin becomes va- 



3 ried 



