. fact, they are fo fmall, that at firft fight they only) 
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bited by one fpecies, and the dry ridges by ano- | 
ther. The Shrew Moufe is frequently found in | 
Beaver houfes during Winter, where they not on- q 
ly find a warm habitation, but alfo pick upa | 
comfortable livelihood from the fcraps left by the | 
Beaver. Moft of the other fpecies build or make | 
nefts of dry grafs, of fuch a fize and thicknefs, — 
that when covered with fnow, they muft be fuf- | 
ficiently warm, ‘They all feed on grafs in gene. | 
ral, but will alfo eat animal food- when they can | 
get it. The Hair-tailed Moule is the largeft in 
the Northern parts of the Bay, being little inferi- 
or in fizetoacommonrat. They always burrow 
under ftones, on dry ridges; are very inoffenfive, 
and fo eafily tamed, that if taken when full-grown, | 
fome of them will in a day or two be perfeétly | 
reconciled, and are fo fond of being handled, 
your bofom. In Summer they are grey, and in 
Winter change to white, but are by no means fo) 
beautiful asa white ermine. At that feafon they! 
are infefted with multitudes of {mall lice, not aj 
fixth part fo large as the mites in a cheefe; in) 
appear like reddifh-brown duit, but on clofer exs 
amination are all perceived in motion. In one 
large and beautiful animal of this kind, caught i 
in the depth of Winter, I found thofe little ver- 
min fo numerous about it, that almoft every hair |! 
was covered with them as thick as ropes with 
onions, and when they approached near the ends 
of 
