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dig it up and remove the contents, in doing 
which they taint the provisions so that no 
other animal will touch them. They are 
also very annoying to the marten-trappers, 
following their trail round a circuit of forty 
or fifty miles, and extracting the bait from 
the traps, which they do by opening them 
from behind. Should a marten he found in 
the trap, they never fail to tear it in pieces 
or bury it in the snow at some distance from 
the trap. They are, as may be imagined, not 
very popular with the hunters, to whom they 
do so much damage; and many efforts are 
made to destroy them, but without much 
success, as they are too cautious to be often 
shot, and no trap is of any avail, as they 
begin behind and tear it to pieces even 
when substantially built of logs.” 
“I hope the glutton’s skin is good for 
something when they do get it,” observed 
Richard. 
“It is, unfortunately, worth very little, and 
does not at all compensate for their destruc¬ 
tive habits. But the most wonderful story 
remains to be told. It is said that the glutton 
sometimes ascends a tree, carrying in its 
mouth a quantity of lichen, which it drops 
