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known them caught in June, and as late as the last of Sep- 

 tember. A friend of mine, once working in his field, felt 

 something between his trowsers and his thigh, which proved 

 to be a deer-mouse, having run up his leg ; he caught it, and 

 gave it to me. It appears to become torpid during winter : 

 my friend, Mr. H. Bill, has informed me that once, when 

 digging up earth to cover a potato pit, he exposed two deer- 

 mice in a little cavity, about eight inches below the surface 

 of the ground : they were stiff and motionless, but were 

 sleek, and did not appear dead. He carried them into his 

 house, and in the warmth they revived. There was no ap- 

 pearance of a nest, nor any hoard. It was late in the season, 

 as the ground was partially frozen : probably in the month 

 of November. 



DEER-MOUSE. 



(GerbiUit 



C. I perceive a large green grasshopper abundant among 

 the grass, which I have not observed before. 



F' This is more properly a Locust : I believe those 



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