88 DE GENERE MVRINO IN VNIVERSVM. 



Amat paludcs, loca humida lutofa circa lacus & flumina, 

 pra}fertim ubi typha crefcit, cujus radices amat. In depreflls 

 casfpitem, inflar TalpcCj canalibus percurrit, crcbris oftioHs ter- 

 ram cgerens, nec ultra fpithamaj profunditatera pcnetrans , ne 

 radicibus, utpote laboris prasmio, fruftretur. Expulfus ad aquas 

 confugit, inepte natat, potius in fundo ambulare amat, at vix 

 ultra dimidium minutum fub aquis durat. Pifcibus infeftum efle 

 vix crediderim, abundat enim magis circa lacunas pifce carentes, 

 fi modo cEfpite la;to cingantur, & nunquam pifcem olet. Vi- 

 jdetur in hoc injufl:c a bvffonio ahisque taxari, qui & antra 

 minus refte defcribit. (Forfan a Mure decumano illata damna 

 fjEpe huic tribuerunt a?conomi}. Captus in poftica ercftus 

 paUnis dentibusque cum ftcrtore fe defendit. Cancs villatici 

 & aquatici vix ullam Muriura fpeciera acrius hac ipfa feftan- 

 tur, & odorem promptiffime fentiunt, qui feminis, ocftri tem- 

 pore vernaU, fortiter mofchatus eft — Infeftatur Acaris fcutula- 

 tis fingularibus. 



Quura nullura non Sibirice clima ferat Mus amphibius, ve- 

 rofimiUime etiam in Americam transfretavit; vidcoque in Caro- 

 lina a Caftore mofchato diftindlas duas dari Rattorum aquatico- 

 rum fpecies "), quarum faltim unam vix dubitari poterit 

 hanc ipfam efle. — Quousque ad auftrales regioncs cvagata 

 fit, ignoratur adhuc; intra Rufficum Imperium Umites non in- 

 venit. 



«■) T. B R I c K E L L nalural lii/l. ofNorth- „common Houferat Tt is a ver)- deftruftive 



Cavolhuip. Tjo. poftquam de Caftore mofclia- «anarnifcliievous nnin;al, efpeciailv to cqrn 



to ( MiijTi rat') egic ; 'The Mai fhrat, fo called ,;& all maHner of fruit Porroque addib 



„fromfrequentingihemarfhcs, dilTcrsfrom „The Watenat is fouud here the fucie us 



„the former , being lefs and of a darker co. „iii Englund, „ 



„Iour, butismorehairy and larger than the 



