. British zoology . ded, it being well known,the otter declines flefh when it can get fifh. Littleilrcfs ought to be laid on the name, or comparifonof it to a wolf J this variety being of a fize fo fu-perior to the common, and its hair fo much moreIhaggy, a common obferver might readily catch theidea of the more terrible beaft, and adapt his com-parifon to Beavers, which are alfo amphibious animals, wereformerly found in Great Britain; but the breed hasbeen extirpated many ages ago: the lateft accountsv/e have of them, is in Giraldus CambrenJjs-\^ whotravelled through JVales in ii88
. British zoology . ded, it being well known,the otter declines flefh when it can get fifh. Littleilrcfs ought to be laid on the name, or comparifonof it to a wolf J this variety being of a fize fo fu-perior to the common, and its hair fo much moreIhaggy, a common obferver might readily catch theidea of the more terrible beaft, and adapt his com-parifon to Beavers, which are alfo amphibious animals, wereformerly found in Great Britain; but the breed hasbeen extirpated many ages ago: the lateft accountsv/e have of them, is in Giraldus CambrenJjs-\^ whotravelled through JVales in ii88: he gives a briefhifcory of their manners i and adds, that in his time quippe quce 7iodu phrumque aggrediens, fvirgulta proxima fuisdentibus^ ut ferro pracida^. tutris etiam hominern niordet^7iec dejiftit (td ferunt) niji fraSli ojjts crept turn fen/crit, Latacipilus diirusy fpecie inter pilum vifuli 7narini et cer-vi. * Belon de la Nature des Poi/ons, p. 28. pi. 2Q. ■y Girald. Ca?nh. Lin. 178, 179 = they :.. Tlie ]MUSrMOX. Tlic BliAVER
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