BADGER. 303 
"j Defcribed from a fkin from Hudfon*s«Bay^ found 
: r a furrier’s fhop in London : it was lefs than that 
of the European badger: the furrier faid, he never 
met with one before from that country. Kahn * fays, 
ne faw the European badger in the province of Pen- 
fylvania , where it is called the Ground Hog: as the 
feet were cut from the ikin I faw, it is doubtful! 
whether this is a diftinft fpecies from our kind, or 
v nly a variety f. 
* Kahns 'Travels Forfier s Tr. I. i8g. 
f M. Briffbn defcribes a white Badger with a yellowilh white 
belly, and alfo much inferior in fize to that of Europe , which M* 
Reaumur received from New York . Vide Brijfon quad. 185. 
Two 
