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BADGER. 
Orenburgh, in the Ruffian Afiatic dominions, N. o\. 
the Cafpian fea*; inhabits alfo China , and is often 
found in the butchers fliops in Pekin , the Chinefe be¬ 
ing fond of themf: a fcarce animal in mofr coun¬ 
tries : feldom appears in the day *, confines itfelf 
much to its hole : is indolent and fleepy r gene¬ 
rally very fat: feeds by night •, eats roots, fruits, 
grafs, infedts and frogs : not carnivorous: its flefh 
makes good bacon : runs flowly, when overtaken 
comes to bay, and defends itfelf vigoroufly : its bite 
hard and dangerous : burrows under ground, makes 
feveral appartments, but forms only one entrance 
from the furface : hunted during night for the fkin, 
which ferves for piftol furniture ; the hair for making ’ 
brufhes, to foften the fhades in painting. The di- 
vifion of this fpecies into two, viz. the fwine, and 
the dog badger, unneceffary, there being only one. 
143. Ameri- B. with a white line from the tip of the nofe, palling 
CAN * between the ears to the beginning of the back, 
bounded on each fide as far as the hind part of the 
head, with black ; then by a white one, and im¬ 
mediately between that and the ears another of 
black: hair long: back colored like that of the 
common badger: fides yellowilh : belly cinereous: 
thighs dulky: tail covered with long, dirty yellow 
hairs, tipt with white; the end dulky. 
* Ritchkojf Orenb. Topograph.!. 281. are found plentifully there, 
and are eaten by the Khalmucks . 
f Kell's Travels. II. 83. 
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