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X. An Account of the Jumping Moufe of Canada, Dipus Canaden/ts. 

 By Major General Thomas Dav/es, F. R. S. and L, S. 



Read June 6, 1797. 



AS I conceive there are very few perfons, however converfant 

 with Natural Hiftory, who may have feen or known there 

 was an animal exifting in the coldeft parts of Canada, of the fame 

 genus with the Jerboa, hitherto confined to the warmer climates 

 of Europe and Africa ; I take the liberty of laying before this 

 Society the following obfervations (accompanied by a drawing) on 

 an animal of that kind, procured by myfelf in the neighbourhood 

 of Quebec, during my laft refidence in that country. As I do not 

 recolle6t to have feen this animal either figured or defcribed by any 

 author in Natural Hiftory, I flatter myfelf, thefe obfervations may 

 afford fome fatisfaclion to the Prefident and Members of the 

 Linnsean Society. The fpecimens from which I made the draw- 

 ing are now in my collection. With refpect to the food, or mode of 

 feeding of this animal, I have it not in my power to fpeak with any 

 degree of certainty, as I could by no means procure any kind of 

 fuftenance that I could induce it to eat ; therefore, when caught, it 

 only lived a day and a half. The firft I was fo fortunate to catch 

 was taken in a large field near the Falls of Montmorenci, and by its 



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