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by a dog, it will defend itfelf with great fpirit, attack in 

 its turn, and fallen upon the nofe of its enemy with fo 

 keen a bite, as frequently to oblige him to defift. 



The PINE-WEASEL, or Yellow- 

 breasted MARTIN, 



inhabits the North of Europe, Alia, and America: It 

 is likewife found in Great-Britain, but is not numerous 

 there. — It lives chiefly in large forefts ; efpecially where 

 the 'pine-tree abounds, of the tops of which it is very 

 fond. 



North-America abounds with thefe animals. Prodi- 

 gious numbers of their fkins are annually imported from 

 thence : Above thirty thoufand Ikins have been brought 

 over from Canada in one year, and from Hudfon's Bay 

 nearly fifteen thoufand in the fame time. 



The principal difference between the Pine-Weafel and 



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