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SEA OTTER. 
The same otter fished as well in the sea as in fresh 
water,, and took great numbers of young cod and 
other fish there. 
Another person who kept a tame otter,, suffered 
it to follow him with his dogs. It was very usefu* 
to him in fishing ; by going into the water, and 
driving trout, and other fish towards the net. It 
was remarkable, that dogs accustomed to otter 
hunting, were so far from giving it the least mo- 
lestation, that they would not even hunt any otter 
while this remained with them ; on which account 
the owner was under the necessity of disposing 
of it. 
An instance has been known of an otter being 
brought up in a house, and when it was shewed 
the water, manifesting a fear of that element. 
In the northern parts of America, these animals 
change their colour in winter to white, like most 
of the other arctic animals ; and it is not till very 
late in the spring that they resume their brown 
summer dress. 
The flesh is exceedingly rank and fishy : so much 
so, that the Romish Church permitted the use of 
it on maigre-days. In the kitchen of the Carthu- 
sian convent near Dijon, Mr. Pennant saw one 
of them cooking for the dinner of the religious 
of that rigid order ; who by their rules are prohi- 
bited, during their whole lives, the eatingof flesh. 
The Kaintschadales use the otter's fur for garments ; 
and the North American Indians manufacture their 
skins into pouches, which they ornament with bits 
of horn. 
Sea otter. 
The sea otter is found on the coast of Kamts- 
chatka, and in the adjacent islands, as well as on 
the opposite coasts of America ; but it is confined 
