so ZOOLOGY. 



A disagreeable little tribe, of a foeted smell and un- 

 pleasant aspect, they feed on worms and insects, and aif> 

 generally found in the vicinity of v.ater. 



11. Erinaceus. Hedge-Hog. Upper front teeth t%vo, 

 distant ; lower two approximate ; tttsks in the upper J3w 

 five, in the lower three ; grinders four ; back and sides 

 covered with spines. 



In woody situations this class is not uncommon ; their 

 food is beetles, worms, and vegetable substances, parti- 

 cularly fruits and loots that are in a state of putridity. ' 



Order IV. GLIRES. 



Front teeth cutting, two in each jaw, approximate, but 

 remote from the grinders, tusks wanting ; feet clawed, 

 formed for running and bounding. The order comprises 

 ten genera, which feed on roots, the bark of trees, flesh, 

 fish and other animal and vegetable substances. 



1. l/2/s/r?ar. PoRcuriNE. Front teeth Uxoy cut off ohViquely ; 

 grinders eight ; toes, four on <he fore-feet and four or 

 five on the hind-feet : bodtj covered with spines and hair. 



Porcupines generally burrow in the earth, where thoy 

 form capacious apartments, they usually quit their retreats 

 towards the dusk of the evening, in search of food, which 

 consists of fruKs, roots, and vegetables : when alarmed they 

 coil themselves up, and in this state their spines become 

 erected, and they are then so completely armed that fevr 

 animals will venture to attack them. 



