QUADRUPEDS. 
75 
exclusive of the tail : the top of the head, the back, 
the muzzle, and the tail, are of a blackish-brown 
colour ; the sides are of a dusky hue ; and the paws 
are white. The skin is very valuable. 
196. This voracious creature lurks among the 
thick branches of the trees, in order to surprise the 
deer. If a deer stops under the tree, the Glutton 
immediately darts down upon it, and sticks its claws 
firmly between his shoulders, eating his neck, and 
digging a passage to the great blood-vessels. At 
length the deer, exhausted by loss of blood, sinks to 
the ground. 
197. The Glutton eats till it is nearly incapable 
of motion. It is said that the best time for taking 
him is, when, according to his custom when gorged, 
he presses and squeezes himself between two trees 
which stand near together. In this way he eases 
and exonerates nis stomach, which has not time to 
digest what he has so voraciously swallowed. 
THE BADGER. 
198. This is a solitary, inoffensive animal, that 
lives remote from man, and digs itself a deep, wind- 
What is said of its colour and skin ? How does the Glutton 
surprise and kill the deer 1 What is said to be the best time for 
taking him ? 
Wnat is the character of the Badger ? How does it live 1 
