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the coat is mixed here and there with a 
brownifh hair, efpecialiy in the tail. Another 
in the fummer coat, the fame as our weefel. 
6. Skunk. Penn. Syn. Quadr. p. 233. n. 167. 
Kalm’s Travels, 1 . 273. tab. I. 
It anfwers to Mr. Pennant’s defcription, except 
that the white fcripe on the head is not con- 
netted with that on the back, and that the 
brown area, which is left between the two 
white ftripes on the back, is broader than he 
defcribes it. 
7. Canada Porcupine. Penn. Syn. Quadr. p. 266. 
n. 196. Hyjirix dorfata. Linn. 
Severn River. 
It agrees perfettly with the defcriptions. Thefe 
animals live among the pine trees, of which 
the bark is their food in winter, as willow 
tops and the like are in fummer. They 
copulate in September, and bring forth only 
one young the firft week in April. During 
winter they feldom travel above five hundred 
yards, fo that one is always fure of finding a 
porcupine, as foon as one meets with a tree 
that has been frelh dripped of its bark. The 
longed; quills of an old porcupine are about 
five inches long. The Europeans are very 
fond of the flelh of thefe animals, as it taftes, 
when roafted, exattly like that of a fucking 
pig. Their bones in winter have a greenifli yel- 
low colour, perhaps owing to their continually 
feeding on the bark of pine trees. It is known 
* that 
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