MAMMALS. 



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In very droughty summers moles may some- 

 times be seen upon the surface of the ground and 

 caught before they can escape. The one repre- 

 sented in our illustration was captured and 

 photographed by my brother near Enfield, whilst 



straying about on the hard-baked surface of the 

 earth. I have once or twice seen them whilst 

 sitting quietly under a hedge, come out for leaves, 

 doubtless for nesting purposes. They may be 

 easily caught alive at any time when throwing up 

 a hillock of mould by driving one's boot-heel 

 hard down upon their tunnels, just behind where 

 it is calculated they are at work, and then swiftly 

 pulling the surface of the earth away. I have 

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