368 HISTORY OF QUADRUPEDS: 



Its flefh is fometimes eaten, but is always attended with 

 a difagreeable odour. 



is found in various parts of North- America, and feems to 

 be the fame with the Marmot of Canada, defcribed by M, 

 BufFon. 



It is larger than a Rabbit, and in form and colour re- 

 ferable s the Muik-Rat : Its tail is fhort and rough ; its 

 ribs fo flexible, that it can eafily pafs through a hole of 

 not more than two inches diameter; its eyes are black 

 and prominent; its back is of a deep-brown colour, 

 lighter on the fides and belly ; and its feet and legs black* 



It fleeps during winter in holes under the roots of 



trees, and lives on fruits and other vegetables. Its 



flelh is good and well tailed. 



An animal of the fame kind is found In the Bahama 

 ifles ; but whether it retires to fleep, in a climate fo mild, 

 is not well known. 



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