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GLUTTON. 
The skins of the Polar Bear^ says Mr. Pennant, 
were formerly offered by the hunters in the arctic 
regions to the high altars of cathedrals and other 
churches^ for the priest to stand on during the 
celebration of mass in winter. 
GLUTTON. 
Ursus Gulo. U, cauda concolore, corpore rufo-fusco, medio dor so 
nigra. Lin. Sijst. Nat. Gmel. p. 104. 
Rufous- brown Bear, with tail of the same colour, and the mid- 
dle of the back black. 
Gulo. Gesii, Quadr. p. ^^4. Aldr. dig, p. 178. 
Glouton. Bi^. suppl. 3. p. 240. pi. 48. 
Mustek Gulo. Lin, Syst: Nat, ed, 12. p, 67. 
This animal is a native of the most northern 
parts of Europe and Asia, occurring in Sweden, 
Norway^ Lapland, and Siberia^ as well as in some 
of the Alpine regions, and in the forests of Po- 
land and Courland. It is also found in the north- 
ern parts of America, being not uncommon about 
Hudson's Bay. 
The Glutton is considerably larger than a 
Badger, measuring about a yard from nose to 
tail, and the tail about a foot ; but it seems to 
vary in size, and is often less than this. The 
muzzle, as far as beyond the eyes, is blackish 
brown, and covered with hard shining hair: over 
the forehead, down the sides of the head betAveen 
the eyes and ears, runs a whitish or ash-coloured 
band or fillet: the top of the head and whole 
