I r. 



-> labours, no peculiarity of its 

 s, no function of r 

 means or t: ; ra\aire and devastation to our 



\ fltc.i lld.Tcd (! 



killed by 



n <if tin- rouls; tilt J 

 overthrown l>y the f the 



from their root- 

 .ml by t: i run* 



- up either in search of I 



' ' 

 irried uft'l') 



'C resort of t he i 



other noxious animals. Thus the iield ami the meadow, 

 and the plantation, are iilike t .if n, 



culates that < - which it 



:ons to the spring corn alone mav be caJcnhr 



other 



idiced judccs allow DOthil merit 



whi( ' -i ruction of innumerable v. 



i the larva and perfect state: this ad- 

 uied by DC \'aux. \vlio declares that 

 on the most harmless of those ani- 

 .vorm, and that it refuses those, which are 

 injurious to mankind. Its more benevolent advocates, on 

 itlier hand, contend not only that the injury which 

 jt perpetrates is slight, but that it is more than counter- 

 balanced by thi' Inch it produces by turning up 

 and lighteninc the soil, and especially by its mimcn 

 struction ot 'earth-worms and many other noxious animals 

 which inhabit the superficial layer of the ground, and oe- 

 m creat injury to the roots of urass. corn, and many 

 other plants. If we examine the real nature and decree 

 a the one side, and its utility on the other, 

 !all probably find that both parties are erroneous. 

 The fact of its devastation* cannot be denied, it is only 

 in the decree and extent of them that the estimation is 

 incorrect ; and whilst its utility in clearintr the ground of 



- uf injury miisl : -owed, 

 it c;i:i i that the lierhtcnhi!; of the soil 



nine up of its hillock- i-. at most, more than a 

 very equivocal source of advantage.' 



Tims w<- .see that 'much maybe said on both i 

 AVe have heard advocates for the mole declare that in 

 ;j-walks whence they have been rooted out, the 



r of the feed lias been altered, and ti 

 - have been obliged to introduce them again, 

 and we have heard si -denied. , Too much 



er may be laid on its sen ices as a destroyer of the 



; it may be well doubted whether it aids 



.(mist by the destruction of an animal that does 



I. [1, CMIWH i-s, sol. xiv., ]>. I'JO.] 



\Yi .f the case, the persecution 



of th - in cnltuateil countries amounts almost 



iinination. The numbers annually slauch- 



Mi Hell Mr. .laekson, a 



flowed th. 



i 1'ioin forty to tifty 



I to J.e 



. m ti\e months, six 



.1 their bite is very sharp: 



their hi.- M. and they 



n. n hold like a bull-doir. 



'.rope 

 npa ra- 

 ni with it in most p; 





 Scotland, thou;; 



.1 record of its 



i in the ( >i km . ' : and, or Ireland. 



Tin 1 (iirured, m I 



.1 work, / ni Itii/tcii. tin R] 



. and the ' ' Inch may 



are longer than the re-t : in the rom- 



are all equal, and De Ymix states that 



it tomj i:. 'pflR^hjMl 918^ '" ''"' habit- 



and architect me of the two specie*. Mr. Bell suggest* 



I \ M 



that as both species are inhabitant* of Kurope. the oriental 



trivial name E>i< 



name. 



For Dr. Richards..!. 

 from America, see the arti. 



The fossil remains of the mole have been found in the 

 averns; as. for example, in thr .-.tritz and 



at Pauland see Huckland. 

 have also been found in the bone-eiuciiH in Hvlciuui 



nerling). 



Hon. , ri olit.Hined fiom the brown 



.we undi . fur 



the remains of luards. 



The (jiiestions which arise upon this disco,, i\ :i:e: 

 1st. Were they tru. that formation 



quently introduced? and this their condition mii:!.- 

 termine. 



2nd. Are the fossil remains identical with the bo.i 

 the common mole!' 



An inspection of the remains themselves miirht n 

 a solution of both tin 

 that the fossils are. thro ss of Professor 



wick, about to i 



Hut throughout this inquiry it bear 



in mind that though this quad' :' the 



earth, performing all its fund; 

 the sui face, and 1!) 

 the freijii. 



a f(.>sil .state, Inn' fossil bones of the mole ha\. 

 hitherto been described. The dancer to be BIT 



; with regard to those specimens fmind it 

 nnd Mipcrii. is that a burrowing animal 



into tho- 



their formation and tl 



\\ e therefore look forw aid to I 1 inion 



upon the ctinriilinii of these remains and tin 

 distinction with much int. 



TALUS, or TAI.r I. from ' tadio,' Hal., a cut 



- on fortili. 



f a rampart, or parapet, t.' e which is 



inclined to the horizon. Thus the upper surface 

 called the snpeiior talus or Mope : and t 

 of a rampant or paiapet which 



towauls the town, is called the exterior, or the interior, 

 talus of the work liu. ~. B 



The superior talus of a paiapet is usually formed in a 

 plane which, if produced towards the country, would 

 nearly meet the top of the count. it, in 



ihat the defenders of the rain ; le to 



tire into the coveicd way in the event of the latter i 

 occupied by the ( iiemy. their musk laid upon 



that slope. The exterior or the interior I. 

 of earth usually forms, with the horizon, an u 



: i face 

 nf caith, of medium tenner >' unsiipp. 



TA.MAN, a p. 



by the mam branch of the ii\cr Kuban, which en 

 into the Hi: i.-h of the 



river, which flow- ^heoldfor- 



i TcinruU. Ti 



i the north aiff 



BbMcSeaon tin . is bounded on the v 



Strait of V 

 the Hay ol' Tar 

 of a lobstc 

 ">7 mi - irrcwert 



Uddle of the island : ruk- 



skoi Liman ;inik. and : 



mainins: pwt beinir uot( : 



a manner as to present iv -land 



than a real island. The 



..ntient peninsula c.f ']' Mela, 



i. Ill; Strnbo, | 



traversed i ISO 



leet Inch : they run I. vil- 



lage of Sen nay a i' 



runs ti' ! tii' lake formed by 



the Kuban before it i. 



ruk, and terminates in a .-lip of hind which divides thin 

 lake into two unequal parts. The other branch, the direc- 



