J28 M O L E. Class I, 



xvrr. Long; flender nofe, upper law much longer than 



MOLE ,^, ' rr J & 



the lower. 



No ears. 



Fore-feet very broad, with fcarce any apparent 



legs before : hind-feet very fmalL 



34. E u R o- Talpa. The Mole, Mold- Warp, daftylis. Brijfon quad. 



p E A N. or Want. Raiijyn. quad, 236. 203. 



Meyer's an. i. Tab. 2. De Buffon,\m.%l. Tab. 12. 



Talpa alba noftras. Seb. Mus. i. Talpa europaeus. T. cauda- 



p. 61. Tab, 32. f. I. ta, pedibus pentadaclylis, 



Sib. Scot. II. Lin. fyji. 73. 



Gefner quad. 931. Faun Suec. 23. 



Talpa caudata nigricans pedi- Talpa. Klein quad. 60. 



bus anticis et polticis penta- Br. Zool. 52. fyn. quad^ 



No, 241. 



Brit. Gwadd, Twrch daear Germ. Maulwerf 



Fren. La Taupe Dut. Mol. 



Jtal. Talpa. S^ed. Mulvad, Surk 



Span. Topo Dan. Muldvarp 



Port. Toupeira 



THERE are many animals in which the Divine 

 Wifdom may be more agreeably illudrated ; 

 yet the uniformity of its attention to every article of 

 the creation, even the mod contemptible, by adapt- 

 ing the parts to its deftined courfe of life, appears 

 fnore evident in the mole than in any other animal. 

 A fubterraneous abode being allotted to it, the 

 feeming dcfecls of feveral of its parts, vanifh ; 

 which, inftead of appearing maimed, or unfinifhed, 



exhibit 



