i I KK III. 



(.1 IKES. 



maining Orders 

 ot'the Lmn;> :nmalia, having passed through 



the tin- 



tli Onlrr is entitled G7;m or S 



lyinir. an animal of 



Knirli-.li term Sleepers, proposed by some 



Zool iilU>t In- eolite.vM d to 1)C IllUCll tOO 



vague a term ; - >i<>nL r li >t-v-ral Quadni) 



of tliis order lie dormant during a good part of 

 tin \vinti r, \( t the major part do not. The prin- 

 cipal < 1, of the animals of this order con- 

 sists in a pair of very con^|>nuoii-, strong, and 

 li, placed dox- tom-ther in the 

 front of both jaws. They have no canine teeth, 

 but are furnUIied with grinders on each side. 



Tin- tii>i a>-ortm< nt or genus of the Glires is 



that of Ilystr'u' or Porcupine, which, ( -\( -lusive of 



, MK li as just mentioned, \< distinguished,^ 



as every one knows, by the extraordinary covering 



to body, v.hidi is beset, all over the upper p 



