NATURAL HISTORY. 239 



CHAP. XII. 



OF CERTAIN" SMALLER ANIMALS OF THE CARNIVOROUS 

 CLA:S THE SQUIRREL THE RAT THE MOUSE- 

 THE LONG-TAILED FIELD MOUSE THE WATER 



RATTHE SHORT-TAILED FIELD MOUSE THE 

 GUINEA-PIG-THE HEDGE-HOG-THE SHREtV- 

 MOUSE-THE WATER SHREW-MOUSE-THH 

 MOLE-THE BAT-THE FAT SQUIRREL- 

 THE GARDEN-SQUIRREL, OR GREAT- 

 ER DORMOUSE-THE DORMOUSE- 

 THE BROWN RAT-THE MARMOT. 



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THE SQUIRREL. 



HE Squirrel is a beautiful little animal, which is 

 only half-wild, and which, by its gentleness, its doci- 

 lity, and even the innocence of its manners, might de- 

 serve to be exempted from the present class. It is 

 neither a carnivorous nor an injurious animal, though 

 it sometimes seizes on birds ; its general food con- 

 -sisting of fruit, almond*, hazle-nuts, beech-mast, and 



