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THE BADGER. 
The white bear sometimes becomes so fat th»* 
a hundred weight of fat has been taken fron’ 
a single beast. The flesh is said to be coarse- 
The skin is valued for coverings of varioi*® 
kinds, and the split tendons make excelle*^^ 
thread. 
In the British Museum there is a stuffed 
specimen of the white bear considerably larged 
than that in the Zoological Gardens. 
THE BADGER. 
This member of the bear family is an ani' 
mal of a very clumsy make, having a thie^ 
neck and body, and very short legs. He 
about two feet and a half long from nose 
tail, and the tail itself seldom exceeds 
inches. His body is covered with coarse ba’’’ 
like bristles, of a dirty yellowish white next 
the root, black in the middle, and gray at tb® 
