. A general history of quadrupeds : the figures engraved on wood . 284 HISTORY OF THE SAND-BEAR. We liave given the figure of this animal, drawn fromone kept in the Tower ; of which we have not been ableto obtain any further defcription, than its being fome-what lefs than the Badger, almoft without hair, extremelyfenfible of cold, and burrows in the ground. From thefecircumftances, as well as from the ftriking fimilarity ofits figure to that of the Badger, we are inclined to thinkit is a variety of that animal, mentioned by naturaliftsunder the name of the Soiu-Badget: Its colour
. A general history of quadrupeds : the figures engraved on wood . 284 HISTORY OF THE SAND-BEAR. We liave given the figure of this animal, drawn fromone kept in the Tower ; of which we have not been ableto obtain any further defcription, than its being fome-what lefs than the Badger, almoft without hair, extremelyfenfible of cold, and burrows in the ground. From thefecircumftances, as well as from the ftriking fimilarity ofits figure to that of the Badger, we are inclined to thinkit is a variety of that animal, mentioned by naturaliftsunder the name of the Soiu-Badget: Its colour is a yellowifh-white : Its eyes are fmall; andits head thicker than that of the common Badger : Itslegs are fhort •, and on each foot there are four toes, arm-ed with fharp white claws. M. Briffon defcrlbes a white Badger, from New-York,fo fimilar to this, that we fufped it to be the fame fpe-icies. HISTORY OF QUADRUPEDS. 285
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