346 THE APLODONTIA LEPORIXA. 



CHAPTER XIII. 



THE APLODONTIA LEPOR1NA. (Ricrr.) 

 (Seivellel or Show'tl of the Nesqually Indians.} 



SYNONYMS. Aplodontia leporina, Rich., F.B. A. i. 211, plate 

 xviii. ; And. Bach. N.A. Qua. iii., 1853, 99, pi. cxxiii. ; 

 Hoplodon leporinus, Wagler System, Amh., 1830 ; Anisonyx 

 r/ifa, Rafinesque, Am. Month. Mag. ii. 1817; Arctomys 

 ritfa, Harlan, F. Am, 1825, 308 ; Sewellel,Lewia and Clark's 

 Travels, ii. 1815, 176. 



General Dimensions. Nose to ear, 2 in. 7 lines ; nose to eyes, 

 1 in. 5 lines ; tail to end of vertebrae, 9 lines ; tail to end 

 of hair, 1 in. 2 lines ; ear, height, 5 lines ; nose to root of 

 tail, 14 in. 6 lines. 



I FIKST met with this rare and curious little 

 rodent on the bank of the Chilukweyuk river. 

 My canvas house is pitched in a snug spot, over- 

 shadowed by a clump of cottonwood trees, grow- 

 ing close to a stream, that like liquid crystal 

 ripples past in countless channels, finding its 

 way betwixt massive boulders of trap and green- 

 stone, rounded and polished until they look like 

 giant marbles. 



Towering up behind me are the Cascade Moun- 



