THE ALPINE MARMOT. 



Their flefh, though attended with an unpleafant odour, is fometimes 

 eaten ; but they are more frequently caught for the purpofe of exhibition. 



The Marmot delineated in our plate, inhabits the higheft fummits of the 

 Alps and Pyrenean mountains. Some varieties are alfo found in Poland, 

 Ukraine, and Chinefe Tartary. 



