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mained unsatisfied. Indeed the Glutton will eat such im- 
moderate quantities, that its belly becomes distended, and 
its whole form in a great measure altered ; but, like all 
epicures, it^is seized with lassitude after its meal, and 
will sometimes lie in a state of torpidity close to the ani- 
mal which it has killed, for two or three days together. 
Thus reduced to a state both loathsome and helpless, it 
derives its chief security from the horrid stench which it 
exhales, and which few animals care to approach. 
The Glutton, like all the rest of its kind, is a solitary 
animal, and is never seen in company, except with the 
female, which produces two or three young at a time. 
They burrow in holes, and are very resolute in defence 
of their offspring, fighting against dogs with the greatest 
obstinacy, and biting with the most tenacious grasp. 
The hunters, however, pursue them with much anima- 
tion for the sake oi their furs, which possess the most 
beautiful lustre imaginable, and are preferred for some 
uses to all others, except those of the Siberian fox and 
the sable. 
