Class I. NORWAY RAT. 



are fo bold, as fometimes to turn upon thofe who 

 purfue them, and faften on the flick or hand of 

 fuch as offer to ftrike them. 



M. Brijfon defcribes this fame animal twice under 

 different names, p. 170 under the tiih q{ k rat dtt 

 hois', and again, p. ly^ under that of le rat de 

 norvege, M. de Buffon ftiles it le Surmulot ; as re- 

 fembling the mulots, or field mice, in many re- 

 fpeds ; but exceeding them in bulk. 



I fufped that this rat came in fhips originally 

 from the Eaji Indies ; a large brown fpecies^'being 

 found there, called Bandicotes, which burrow under 

 ground. Barhot"" alfo mentions a fpecies inhabiting 

 the fields in Guinea^ and probably the fame with 

 this. 



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