346 THE APLODONTIA LEPORINA. 
CHAPTER XIII. 
THE APLODONTIA LEPORINA. (Ricz.) 
(Sewellel or Show'tl of the Nesqually Indians.) 
Synonrms.—Aplodontia leporina, Rich., F.B. A. i. 211, plate 
xvill.; Aud. Bach. N.A. Qua. ili., 1853, 99, pl. cxxiil. ; 
Hoplodon leporinus, Wagler System, Amh., 1830; Anisonyx 
rufa, Rafinesque, Am. Month. Mag. ii. 1817; Arctomys 
rufa, Harlan, F. Am, 1825, 808 ; Sewedlel, Lewis and Clark’s 
Travels, 11. 1815, 176. 
General Dimensions.—Nose to ear, 2 in. 7 lines; nose to eyes, 
1 in. 5 lines; tail to end of vertebre, 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 First 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- 
