LECTUHK III. 107 



.iiul profound in- 

 spirations, it open-* it ;m<l i-nd; avou 

 walk, l)iit iv i is ;ilu)iit I'm- some time, as if in a 

 stah of intoxii ation, till at length it j 

 recovers till it- i 



Another singular species <>t Rat, furni>h d 

 with pouch < ach side the mouth fur the 



temporary nccption of food, \- dt-crihcd in the 

 fifth volume of the Transactions of the Lim. 

 Society, under the name of the Canada Rat ; its 

 and colours nearly resemble those of the 

 brown or Norway Rat, but it i> Munewhat paler, 

 and of a yellower cast. Its way of life is Mip- 

 posed to be similar to that of the Hamster. 



The i^enus Dipu* or Jerboa i> remarkable for 

 the peculiar .Mrueturc of the legs, of which the 

 fore-pair are t \tr< in< Iv >ln>rt, and the hind-pair 

 melyl" (ring the animal the appearance 



of a Kangaroo in miniature: the teeth resemble 

 those of the rest of the Glircs, and no 



\entral pouch a> in the Kangaroo: ol 



limal.s and the Kaii^an" -s might ah: 

 admit of bein? plac< d in the same assortm 



union Jerboa, of \\hic ->mc 



to size and colour, is a native of r.. 



