108 



MARTIN. 



Class I. 



comes originally from Africa ;* and is only cul- 

 tiYSited in Gi^eat Britain . ■ -^ ■ - ■- ?:-; 



Though the smell of the fitchet, when alive, 

 is rank and disagreeable, even to a proverb, yet 

 the skin is drest with the hair on, and used as 

 other furs for tippets, S^c. and is also sent abroad 

 to line cloaths. ' l. :; ,' : j 



15. Martin. Martes, alias Foyna. The Martin 



and Martlet. Raii syn. quad. 



200. 

 Meyer s an. ii. Tuh. 4. 

 Martin, or Martern. Charlton 



exer. 20. 

 The Mertrick. 3Iartlns Went. 



Isles, 36. 



castaneo colore termlnatis 

 vestita, gutture dXho.Brisson 

 quad. 178. 



De Buffon, Tom. vii. I6I. 

 Tah. 18. 



Mustela Martes. Gm. Lin. 95. 



M. Martes. Klein, quad. 64. 



M. fulvo-nigricans gnla pal- 

 lida. Faun. Suec. 15. 



Gesner quad. 764. 

 Mustela pilis in exortu albidis Br. Zool. 38. Hist. quad. 



No. 242. ii. p. 41. 



Brit. Bela graig 

 Fren. La Fouine 

 Ital. Foina, Fouina 

 Span. Marta, Gibellina 



Germ. Hauss marder, stein marder 



D?it. Marter 



Swcd. Mard 



Dan. Maar. 



Manners. ThIS is the most beautiful of the British 

 beasts of prey : its head is small, and elegantly 

 formed ; its eyes lively ; and all its motions shew 

 great grace, as well as agility. When taken 



* Kai ya.Kff.g ocy^loc; a,; i Xv'^vt) <^s^si. Sirabo, Lib. iii.p. 

 144'e Edit. Casaubon, . 



