Nathe American, or Indian Dogs. 3 1 



new world, will imagine that it is accidental?), we 

 have, probably, arrived at the knowledge of the real 

 meaning of the Latin word Canis. Mekanne, in the 

 language of the Dela wares, signifies " the barking 

 beast." It appears from Dr. Pallas's great work 

 ( Vocabularia ComparatfoaJ, that certain tribes of Se- 

 moyads call a dog Kanang, Kdnak, and Konak; and 

 that the Karassini call it Kannah. 



II. On a species of North- American Wandering Mouse. 



IN the year 1796, a particular species of 

 Mouse made its appearance at Burlington-Bay, on 

 the west end of Lake- Ontario, and at Long- Point, 

 on the north side of Lake- Erie. They came out of 

 the woods, from the northward, in troops of thou- 

 sands, and committed great havoc among the Indian- 

 corn. 



These animals were so numerous, that, for a good 

 while, they were caught by hundreds, at a time. It 

 is said, that the cats, tired of killing them, came, 

 at length, to play with them, without offering them 

 any injury. 



Even in the winter-time, the corn-cribs were ex- 

 tremely offensive, from the great numbers of these 

 mice, that had perished in them. 



This mouse is described as a small species, smaller 

 than the common House- Mouse ; with a white belly, 



