WEESEL. 
GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Six cutting teeth, and two canine, in each jaw. 
Tongue in several species beset with sharp-pointed papillae. 
Five toes both before and behind. 
Claws not retractile. 
SABLE. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Mustela Zibellina. M. pedibus fissis, corpore obscure fulvo, 
fronte exalbida, gutture cinereo. Linn. 
Syst. Nat. Gmel. 1 . p. g 8. 
Feet having the toes unconnected,, body 
tawny brown, forehead white, throat 
cinereous. 
Mustela obscure fulva, gutture cinereo. 
Briss. Quadr. p. 180. 
Sabee Sm. Buff. v. 7- P- 30p. Penn. Hist. 
Quadr. v. 2. p. 43. Bew. Quadr. 
p. 233. 
The thick and beautiful coat of the sable is at once 
his greatest friend and his chief enemy. It serves, 
indeed, completely to defend the owner from the 
cold ; but at the same time it exposes him to the 
