82 W E E S E L. Clafs I. 



their fkins are annually imported from Hudfon''s bay 

 and Canada. In one of th^ company's fales * not 

 fewer than 12,370 good fkins, and 2360 damaged 

 ones were fold, and about the fame time, the French 

 brought into the port of Rochelle from Canada^ not lefs 

 than 30,325. 



The principal differences between this and the 

 former kind, confift in the fize, this being lefs : the 

 bread too is yellow ; the color of the body much 

 darker, and the fur in general greatly fuperior in 

 finenefs, beauty, and value. 



Species IV. The W E E S E L. 



The Weafel or Weefel. Mufte- Brijfon quad. ly^. 



la vulgaris : in Yorkjkire, the De Bujhi, 'lorn. vii. 235. Tab. 



Fitchet or Foumart. Raii/yn. 29. 



quad. 155. Gefner quad. 753. 



Girald.Cambrerif. 1 49. Muflela vulgaris. Klein quad. 

 The Whicred. Sib. Scot. \\. 62. 



Mullela fupra rutila, infra alba. Br. Zool. 39. 



NAMES. 



Brit. Bronwen Germ. Wifel 



Fren. La Belette Dut. Weezel 



Ital. Donnola, Ballottula,Be- $xved. Vefla 



nula Fort. Doninha 



^pan. Comadreia Dar.. Vaifd 



THIS fpecles is the lead of the weefel kind, the 

 length of the head and body not exceeding fix, 

 or at molt feven inches. The tail is only two inches 

 and a half long, and ends in a point : the ears are 

 large j and the lower parts of them are doubled in. 



♦ In 1743. Vide Dohhis account of Eudfon s-bay^ 200. 



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