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THE BEE, 
OF 
LITERARY WEEKLY INTELLIGENCER, 
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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 6..1792. 
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THE GROUND SQUIRREL. 3 
Tue squirrel is an active little animal common ia 
temperate climates, though it be not anative of Scot- 
lant, These animals feed chiefly on grain and nuts ; 
the fore teeth are strong, fharp, and well adapted to 
its food. There are numerous varieties of this clafs 
of animals which differ from each other considerably. 
But the most obvious characteristics of the whole 
clafs are, fhort muscular legs ; toes long, and divided 
to their origin, of which there are four onthe fore 
feet, with a claw behind, in some measure resembling 
the human thumb, by’ the help of which they life 
their food from ‘the ground, and feed themselves. 
VOL. ix, 5 + 
