Fisher

an animal of the marten family. It is a dark, glossy black, or brown animal, with occasional white and gray on head and under parts. The body is about twenty-three inches in length; tail, fourteen. It is an animal of the forests,--a bold, active tree-climber, to be found from the Adirondacks westward to the Pacific coast. It is quick as a a mink, and as greedy as a wolverine. Trappers dread the fisher for its adroitness in stealing bait. The animal is capable of following a trail for miles, springing the traps, and stealing the bait. It lives on fish, rabbits, squirrels, chipmunks, grouse, small birds, snakes, toads, frogs--any meat, dead or alive. The pelt of the fisher is worth about six dollars in the North American markets. See Fur