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many other species still exist in both of these por- 

 tions of the earth. 



Editoe. 



6. Among the animals which have lately been ob- 

 served in the Missouri- country, by Mr. Lewis, are 

 the following, viz. : 



a. A species of Hare, apparently the Lepus variabilis, 

 or Varying Hare, which is common in Hudson's- 

 Bay, New- York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, &c. : 



b. A species of Arctomys, or Marmot, perhaps the 

 Earless Marmot of Pennant ; or Arctomys Citillus 

 of Pallas. This species inhabits Bohemia, Hun- 

 gary, and other parts of Europe ; also India, Per- 

 sia, Siberia, Kamtschatka, and some of the isles 

 between the continents of Asia and America. It 

 was formerly known to be a native of the continent 

 of North-America, but is never seen in the Atlantic 

 states of the American Union, nor, so far as we 

 know, in any part of the tract of country east of 

 the Missisippi, south of latitude 48, or 50 : 



c. Mustela Erminea, or Stoat. This is a very com- 

 mon quadruped in the north of Europe and of 

 Asia, in Kamtschatka, the Kurile-islands, Sec. In 

 North-America, it is met with in Canada, New- 

 foundland, New- York, Pennsylvania, 8cc. Of 



