. The naturalist's library; containing scientific and popular descriptions of man, quadrupeds, birds, fishes, reptiles and insects; . three; one watches; another ascendsthe ford; while the other pokes the banks, in order to eject the soon as he is started, the hounds are again in full cry, and the curs areloosed to dive after him, and will relieve each other in this task: as soonas one is up, down goes the other, while the hounds keep up the cry in thewater at a slow pace, until they eventually force the creature to the head ofthe stream into shallow water, where these curs either
. The naturalist's library; containing scientific and popular descriptions of man, quadrupeds, birds, fishes, reptiles and insects; . three; one watches; another ascendsthe ford; while the other pokes the banks, in order to eject the soon as he is started, the hounds are again in full cry, and the curs areloosed to dive after him, and will relieve each other in this task: as soonas one is up, down goes the other, while the hounds keep up the cry in thewater at a slow pace, until they eventually force the creature to the head ofthe stream into shallow water, where these curs either snap him up, or he isspeared by the hunters; after this the hounds are allowed the gratificationof mouthing him until satisfied, when they again return to depopulate thislittle commonwealth of otters. In their abode the heads, tails, fins, and fragments, of several species offish will be seen. As he seldom eats more than a mouthful of each fish,he must cause a frightful destruction among the finny race, and his de-predations cause his haunts to be found out at low water, when thehounds would otherwise pass him. THE SEA 1 his harmless, playful, and interesting animal is generally about fourfeet long, thirteen inches of which are occupied by the tail. The fur is ofgreat value, it being soft and of a deep glossy black. It has long been ex-ported in great quantities by the Russians, who received eighty or a hun-dred rubles from the Chinese for each skin until the market was overstock-ed. The sea otter is to be found only within a very few degrees of latitudein the North Pacific ; its range being mostly confined to the coast of Kamt-schatka, the adjoining islands, and the opposite American shore. Seaotters are perfectly inoffensive, and so sportive that much of their timeseems to be passed in playing diverting tricks. They live in pairs, and arevery constant to each other. Such is their fondness for their young, thatthey will never abandon them; on being robbed of them they
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