ill. 



tail; hut it is chiclly remarkable for the total \\anl 



.!< rnal cyt s, having merely two ahr.o-t imprr- 



Me rud! i under 



iiibits the only instance 



.!il\ Mind quadruped ; for the Mule and some 



red as blind, on account of 



of their eyes, have still 



those organs complete in all the usual parts; but 



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the Mis Typhlus is totally blind. In return, its 

 In aring is said to be uncommonly acute, enabling 

 it readily to avoid all the general dangers to which 

 it may be expo 



Of the European Rats of large size the 

 Hamster or Mus Cricctus is the most remarkable. 

 It i- of t eral size of the brown Rat, but of 



a thicker form, and is uf a pale reddish colour 

 above, and black beneath j with, generally, two 

 or three white on each >ide the fore-parts. 



On :i>uth the Hamster i> fur- 



nishrd with a large membranaceous pouch 

 which is capable of containing the quantity of a 

 quarter of a pint I ji^lish measure. This animal 

 i inhabitant of (lermany, Poland, and Russia, 

 .1- !y destructive, by devouring 

 quantities of grain, \\hich it carries oil' in its 



