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either by the force of the water, or by the feet 

 of the huntsmen who run over them, in the least 

 damnified, the breach is instantly made up; 

 every nook and corner of the habitation is re- 

 viewed, and with the utmost diligence and ap- 

 plication, perfectly repaired. But when they find 

 the huntsmen visit them too often, they work 

 only in the night-time, or else abandon their 

 works entirely, and seek out for some safer 

 situation. 



The dyke, or mole, being thus completed, 

 their next care is to erect their several apart- 

 ments, which are either round or oval, and di- 

 vided into three stories, one raised above the 

 other; the first below the level of the causeway, 

 which is for the most part full of water ; the 

 two others above it. 



This little fabric is built in a very firm and 

 substantial manner, on the edge of their reser- 

 voir, and always in such divisions or apart- 

 ments as above mentioned ; that in case the 

 water increases, they may move up a story 

 higher, and be nowise incommoded. If they 

 find any little island contiguous to their reser- 

 voir, they fix their mansion there, which is then 

 more solid, and not so frequently exposed to 



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