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the animal comes out. — It has happened, by the failure 

 of their provifions, that thefe poor wretches have been 

 reduced to the necefliry of tying thin boards tight to their 

 ftomachs to prevent the cravings of appetite. — Such are 

 the hardfhips our fellow-creatures undergo to fupply the 

 wants of the vain and luxuriant ! 



An animal, fimilar to the Sable, is mentioned by Mr 

 Pennant under the name of the Fijher. — It is found in 

 North- America ; and, by the number of Ikins imported, 

 mud be very numerous there, nearly fix hundred of them 

 having been brought in one feafon from New- York and 

 Pennfylvania. — The hair on the body is moftly black ; the 

 fides brown; the ears are broad and round, dulky on 

 their outfides., and edged with white ; the face and fides 

 of the neck pale-brown, mixed with black •, the feet are 

 very broad, and covered with hair, even on their foles ; 

 the tail is full and bufhy ; the length, from nofe to tail, 

 is twenty-eight inches; the tail feventeen. 



