258 HISTORY OF QUADRUPEDS, 



The WOLVERENE, or GLUTTON. 



This voracious animal is found in all the countries 

 bordering on the Northern Ocean, both in Europe and 

 Afia : It is likewife common in Canada, the country a- 

 bout Hudfon's Bay, and other parts of North-America ; 

 where it is known by the name of the Carcajou. 



It has been varioufly defcribed by naturalifts. We 



have felected the account given by M. BufFon, which 

 was taken from a living one in his pofTeffion. Its length, 

 from the nofe to the infertion of the tail, was two feet 

 two inches ; the tail eight inches long ; the length of the 

 fore legs was eleven inches, and the hind ones twelve ; it 

 had five toes on each foot, armed with long {harp claws ; 

 the middle claw of the fore foot was one inch and a half 

 long ; the muzzle, as far as the eye-brows, was black ; 

 its eyes were fmall and black, and its ears fhort-, its 

 breaft and under jaw were fpotted with white; the back, 

 legs, belly, and tail, were black. — During its confine- 

 ment, it did not difcover fymptoms of great ferocity. It 

 eat voracioufly ; and, after a full meal, covered itfelf in 

 its cage with ftraw. It eat no bread ; but would devour 

 more than four pounds of flefh every day, which it fwal- 

 lowed greedily, almoft without chewing. 



