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place at the season they generally appear, I kept 

 it until I found it begin to smell : I then stuffed 

 it, and preserved it in its torpid position. I am 

 led to believe its not recovering from that state, 

 arose from the heat of my room during the time 

 it was in the box, a fire having been constantly 

 burning in the stove, and which in all probability 

 was too great for its respiration." 



This animal, in the last edition of Mr. Pen- 

 nant's History of Quadrupeds, is referred to the 

 genus Mus, and is described under the name of 

 the Canada Rat. 



