. A general history of quadrupeds : the figures engraved on wood . mall, and are placed in a black ftripe, whichbegins behind the ears, and runs tapering towards thenofe ; the throat and legs are black; the back, fides, andtail, are of a dirty-gray, mixed with black; the legs andfeet are very fhort, ftrong, and thick ; each foot confiflsof five toes; thofe on the fore feet are armed with ftrong HISTORY OF QUADRUPEDS. 283 claws, well adapted for digging its fubterranean habita-tion. In walking, the Badger treads on its whole heel, likethe Bear; wlych brings its belly very near the ground. Immed
. A general history of quadrupeds : the figures engraved on wood . mall, and are placed in a black ftripe, whichbegins behind the ears, and runs tapering towards thenofe ; the throat and legs are black; the back, fides, andtail, are of a dirty-gray, mixed with black; the legs andfeet are very fhort, ftrong, and thick ; each foot confiflsof five toes; thofe on the fore feet are armed with ftrong HISTORY OF QUADRUPEDS. 283 claws, well adapted for digging its fubterranean habita-tion. In walking, the Badger treads on its whole heel, likethe Bear; wlych brings its belly very near the ground. Immediately below the tail, between that and the a-nus, there is a narrow tranfverfe orifice, from whence awhite fubftance, of a very fetid fmell, conftantly exudes. The Ikin, when drefled with the hair on, is ufed forpiftol furniture.—Its flefli is eaten : The hind quartersare fometimes made into hams, which, when cured, arenot inferior in goodnefs to the beft bacon.—The hairsare made into brulhes, which are ufed by painters tofoften and harmonife their 284 HISTORY OF QUADRUPEDS.
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