CLASS MAMMALIA. 



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with the hairs inserted vertically, so as to lie smoothly 

 in any direction ; shovel-shaped paws, with sharp, stout 



PIG. 341. 



Fia. 342. 



Habitation of a Mole. 



nails turned outward, for throwing the earth backward ; 

 and cylindrical bodies, allowing rapid movement through 

 their tunnels. The Com- 

 mon Mole, notwithstanding 

 its scientific name, is ter- 

 restrial. In its pursuit of 

 worms and insects, it often 

 burrows a gallery a hun- 

 dred feet long in a single 

 night. Generally carnivo- 

 rous, it is exceedingly use- 

 ful, and should be pro- 

 tected by every cultivator of the soil against unreason- 

 able prejudice. 



and their fierce combats would be fearful were they not ludicroiis from the 

 diminutive size of the creature. 



