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Lapland marmont, which are often seen 
there in surprising numbers. 
They generally burrow in the ground, 
but in Spitzbergen and Greenland, where 
the intensity of the frost renders this im¬ 
practicable, they lie in caverns, and in 
the cliffs of rocks, two or three together. 
They are so remarkably hardy, that 
the most rigorous severity of winter in 
these regions, never stops their search of 
prey. They are excellent swimmers, 
and are often seen passing from one 
island to another, especially at the time 
when bird-nests are to be found. Some 
zoologists have affirmed, that they are 
harmless, simple, and easily taken; yet 
Fabricius assures us, that they possess 
all the wildness and cunning of the Vulpes , 
or fox of these kingdoms. Fabricius 
says, the Arctic fox has three different 
kinds of voices.* Its smell is not so 
* Vocern habet triplicem: esurientis ejulando; coire 
mkntis clamando , periclitantis murmur ando* 
