. A general history of quadrupeds : the figures engraved on wood . HISTORY OF QUADRUPEDS. 491. THE SEA-OTTER. {Miiflela LutriSi Lin.) Vast numbers of thefe animals inhabit the coafls ofKamfchatka, and the numerous iflands contiguous to it;as well as the oppofite coafts of America : They are alfofound in fome of the larger rivers of South-America. Their fkins are of great value, and have long formed aconfiderable article of export from Ruffia. They difpofeof them to the Chinefe at the rate of feventy or a hun-dred rubles each, and receive in return fome of theirmoft valuable commodities. The fu
. A general history of quadrupeds : the figures engraved on wood . HISTORY OF QUADRUPEDS. 491. THE SEA-OTTER. {Miiflela LutriSi Lin.) Vast numbers of thefe animals inhabit the coafls ofKamfchatka, and the numerous iflands contiguous to it;as well as the oppofite coafts of America : They are alfofound in fome of the larger rivers of South-America. Their fkins are of great value, and have long formed aconfiderable article of export from Ruffia. They difpofeof them to the Chinefe at the rate of feventy or a hun-dred rubles each, and receive in return fome of theirmoft valuable commodities. The fur of the Sea-Otter is thick and long, of a beau-tiful (hining black colour, but fometimes of a filveryhue •, the legs are thick and (liort; the toes joined by aweb; the hind feet like thofe of a Seal; length, fromnofe to tail, four feet two inches; tail thirteen, flat, andpointed at the end.—^The largefh of them weigh from fe-venty to eighty pounds. The Sea-Otter is remarkably harmlefs, and moft afFec- 492 HISTORY OF QUADRUPEDS. tionately fond of its young: It will pine to death for It
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