BEAR. 
quite over the hind part of the back, above the 
tail: on the throat a white fpot: on the breaft a 
white mark, in form of a crefcent: legs very ftrong* 
thick and fhort, of a deep black: five toes on* each 
foot*, not deeply divided: on the fore foot of that I 
examined were fome white fpots: the bottom of the 
feet covered very thickly with hair: reds like the 
bear on its foot, as far as the firft joint of the leg: 
claws firong and fharp, white at their ends: tail 
cloathed v/ith long coarfe hairs ; thofe at the bafe 
reddiih, at the end black; fome of the hairs are fix 
inches long: length from nofe to tail twenty-eight 
inches : length of the trunk of the tail feven in¬ 
ches, but the hairs reach fix beyond its end : the 
whole body is covered with very long and thick hair, 
which varies in color, according to the feafon. 
Inhabits Hud for? s-B ay , and Canada , as far as the 
ftralts of Michilimakinac: is found under the name 
of the Glutton in the N. parts of Europe , and 
Afia^ being a native of the mofc rigorous climates': 
defcribed as the Glutton under thefe fynonyms: 
Gulo. Olaii magni gent. Septentr. 138. 
Gulo, vielfrass. Gefner quad. 554. Klein quad . 83. 
tab. v. 
* Mr. Edwards obferved only four toes on the fore feet of the 
animal he describes. My ascription is taken from an entire ikin, 
in very hne prefervatiori, communicated to me by Mr. AJbton Black- 
burne , of Orford Lancafmre , now refident in North America y who, 
with indefatigable induftry and great judgement, annually enriches 
the cabinets of his friends with the rareft natural productions of that 
continent: as this work has profited fo greatly by that gentleman’# 
labors, it would be ungratefull to omit my acknowlegements. 
Rofomak. 
