"27^2 ^,^ff^qspe(i%^,,g}iik^ 



m. 



8iT^n$i?fifomB^#^h^;b o%r ^mallamimal, exactly. afj^i#e 

 iijmaJ|Ber£ptfe§Qfiir ^ speDt," and in cluise after game.,, -pis 

 9fiyh5]^gia^entioiv.|3eiqgc;^o the grqa^d,^ .^^ith^^is lie^cl dowmj^e 

 £^4^t^^ee me until close to n^Cinwhiei}^ su^deqjjr <^tcAin 

 ii>fig|?;t of me, be turned a little aside, stopped ^j)<i>rt3||qokj^^.^uip, 



g'JIft^ftlgff^Bh^ P'^th, he there concealed himself ^ ^hencgfjie 

 je^^l^ pvpbably go forth again,, when he perceived that all was 

 b/l8%9WA'^^^HW, perhaps, foU^ scent from whipm,]^ad 



frife^diBlyiB-ntliiJj^lotfe^ri^ to the 'fa^^ a 



e£^ft^Pg(^fe[tefgW^iP i^dR^y rni scent, tmd J.j^yj^|jUt,tle 

 \^@;^#^iP§friFftJi%%lgi¥^J?|tiie_^n^e,of smelling^^ji^ fP^S^ij^^^ 

 b/^SflfiSnl^dfepejY^!^^^ 'Q'"^ polecat ; which will therefore readily 

 -£^fify0lfei{MflJ5#g so (lestructiye to,gaipe, aofl chiefly. for 



I tfj^sd^fi^^rfiP §ffrfifigife^Mferfp5f<?A4^^<^A^s^s 



bsiiigheji^^g^n^^jsjith^ifjj^a'^do^i^eiijffle^^ 

 ^JSV¥ifflralf^^'\sx^§i^^ing^Jp«^^^%gVeWBgV\ngi* 

 ^3^ ag^J^h^s^^a|Tfe^.^lfotl^j^pa|5,5]^q|j^^^g^^ 

 iage and Old Durh^^^ij^J uaticed an anknal swjtmming irjcjl 



Briage ana wia Jjurn^^^ij^^ uaticea an anrmai swjtmmmgincj^e 

 -^(#^i^ajj4s^^ljgcji^s^^a^^he place, which was just Mow 

 ^1^ ^aiD^.^J^)\^^^^3'{ wiis Avalking, I saw that it w,^s^i,a 

 9^lftM5)M)^SfliSHr^%ig^tly across the river, which is there 

 .ibot^/^eep,.4jj4[&fi%)WJ"^i<^^Table width, to the opposite bank, 

 Bwber^j[ftj5J5^t0 the- thick brushwood, I lost sight of it., ^, In 

 j^tiie af^^fj^^/ningj it hfted its head and neck, well out of.tje 

 gjva^^filiJ^ a dog.; aiid sp,difF^^ &W^ a water rat, wt^h 

 nSSft^y^tefP^ ,i^s head close along .the surface. It becomes 

 <^f>e(]^'!^IK?&/t^ remark, in this case, that the size alone of the 

 ^jgilp^L jpaade me think it a stoat, and not a weasel ; fqr..J 

 <^i^^^ not .distinctly see the specific blackness on the tail. ,,^ 

 ^\f^^^^i tp^pM^^i^^^Fi ^he Jength of this commiyiicatiQii ; 



but I hope it may tend, by the facts I have narrated, an(;l for 

 itf^^Mfuf^SJh^f ^hich I can vouch, towards a farther illustra- 

 -feftPftillp history of the genus Jfustela,^ ..^I^^^j §i^3ayi^^> 

 9§&6oig7^^^^^^^- March SO, U^2. ,: d ^y asn^bni nob 



9(1 The above communication was received on March 31. 

 |Jj§32, too late to accompany those published April 2., in 

 f^4^93 — 297., on. thgj^af^e. subject. Still, the facts and vie^^Y^ 



exhibited by Zoophilus are sufficiently distinct from th(|^e 

 wPIM^^ted in p. 77. 2^3rfF297. 393. to merit the space they 

 'v^oq^gy,^ r will find in them almost a solution of the/que^Ky 

 ]^g7i^\jhmte,p. 295,, 296. ; nqm^ly, ."Is the degree of, chap ge 



