TWO FAMOUS SWIMMERS. 



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Leaving the badger, we next come to the sub- 

 family LutrmcB, which is represented by the single 

 North American species of this gemis, the otter. He 

 is not very familiar through the well-settled parts of 

 the eastern country, but is still to be found in the wild 

 woods, on the borders of those charming lakes in the 

 wildernesses of northern New York, New Hampshire, 

 and Maine. 



The beaiitiful otter {Lutra canadensis) — which is 

 a splendid swimmer and a great frequenter of moun- 

 tain streams and lakes in the dense spruce 



and hem 



lock forests of the North — 



is yet reported from Lake 



Umbagog, Maine, and 



the lake regions 



farther north- 



'^ ^' east, the 



lakes in 



The otter. 



the Adirondack wilderness, the northern shore of 

 Lake Superior, and Bayfield, Wisconsin. In the 



