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CONCERNING LAPLAND. 217
fecutors; he fometimes falls even a victim to poifon. It has hap-
pened that the fox, when caught by the leg, has left a part of it
in the trap, and hobbled away on three legs; and it is believed
by the Laplanders, that the fox will facrifice the leg by biting it
off, in order thereby to regain his liberty: but is it not more ra-
tional to fuppofe the lofs of leg to be occafioned by the bone being
firft broken by the trap, and then the fra@tured part of the leg
feparated, by the frequent and violent efforts to extricate himfelf
from the inthralment ? No creature, except man, has been ob-
ferved to make a willing and voluntary facrifice of life or limb.
Martens are found in Finmark. Of thefe there are three kinds
or fpecies ; the /fone marten, fo called from his frequenting rocky
places; his fur is fhort and blackifh, and his tail of a yellowifh
colour, with an afh coloured throat. The fecond fpecies is called
the birch-marten, ashe frequents the {pots where thofe trees grow ;
his fur is yellow, the tail of a purplifh colour, and the throat
white. The third fort is called, for the like reafon, the fr-mar-
ten, being found amongft the fir-trees ; its fur is yellow, the tail
of a tawny colour, and the throat white. The martens are all
taken in traps.
The gu/o, or glutton, called by the Danes vie/fras, and by the
Laplanders gyeed’k, is to be met with in Finmark ; but it is rather
anuncommon animal. It is furnifhed with fharp teeth and claws,
and although greatly inferior in fize to the rein-deer, is faid to
have frequently killed thofe animals; but this is effeéted rather
by furprife than by open affault, and in the following manner.
Nox. Il. Pat, The
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