WOLVERENE. 
slowness of their pace. They lurk, however, 
behind bushes, and in trees ; and, suddenly 
springing on their prev, fasten on the shoul- 
ders of ahorse, an elk, or a stag, and conti- 
nue eating a hole into the body of their mi- 
serable vi61:im, till the poor animal faints and 
sinks with agony and loss of blood. They 
.area terror even to the wolf and the bear ; and 
the beaver, the sable, and other small animals, 
are their ordinary prey. For the latter, they 
are said even to visit the traps, without ever 
being themselves taken in tl:iem, and thus to 
anticipate the human hunters. 
After all, we continue to doubt that the 
Wolverene, or Quickhatch, is the same ani- 
mal as the Glutton, or even as the Carcajou ; 
the former Is mentioned but by few naturalists, 
the latter have scarcely escaped any. 
It may nlso be remarked that, as some na- 
turalists describe the Wolverene or Quick- 
batch to be often found in Canada, and ^Ame- 
rica is the universally acknowledged country 
of the Carcajou, whatever affinity ihere may 
be 
