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" bite a beast, the sore will swell, and rankle, and put the beast 

 " in danger ; but if it onely runne otter a beast, it /eebleth his 

 " hinder parts, and maketh him vnable to goe : the cure then for 

 " being shrew bitten, is the same which is formerly shewed for the 

 " biting of other venemous beasts : but if he be shrew-runne, you 

 " shall onely draw him vnder, or beate him with, a Bramble which 

 " groweth at both ends in the Furrowes of Corn lands." 



This curious book (which is signed G. M. and was doubtless 

 written by " Gervase Markham, Gent.," (a copy of whose "Maister- 

 Peece" " On All Knowledge belonging to the Smith or Horse 

 Leech" and for the "eighth time newly Imprinted" in 1656. I have 

 also) shows further, " the whole Art of Riding great Horses with 

 " the breaking and ordering of them : and the dieting of the Run- 

 " ning, Hunting, and Ambling Horse, and the manner how to vse 

 " them in their trauaile. Also approued Rules for the Cramming 

 " and Fatting of all sorts of Poultry and Fowles, both tame and 

 " wilde, Sfc. And diuers good and well-approued Medicines, for 

 " the Cure of all the diseases in Hawhes of what hinds soeuer. 



" Together with the vse and Profit of Sees : the making of 

 " Fish ponds, and the taking of all sorts of Fish" 



Besides men, musk rats have many enemies. I once saw one in 

 the mouth of an immense guana, whose long scaly throat the poor 

 shrew, uttering shrill lamentations meanwhile, was doing his best 

 to retaliate upon. 



No. 10. Erinaceus Micropus. 



JERDON, No. 86, PAGE 63, SOUTH INDIAN HEDGE-HOG. 

 I see that Jerdon's only specimen was procured at Trichinopoly, 

 (page 63) where I got the only hedge-hog I have seen in India out 

 of a Museum. To the Madras Museum, I sent my animal. I was 

 told that they are not uncommon about Trichinopoly, but as I have 

 not succeeded in getting another specimen, although I have tried 

 hard for one, I imagine that they are rare. 



No. 11. Tupaia Peguana. 



JERDON, No. 88, PAGE 65 ; SEKIM-TREE SHREW. 

 The Burmese Tupaia is a harmless little animal ; in the dry 



