176 NATURAL 



so contrived as to j 

 flat, or oval, or co; 

 In the follow* -. 

 and consistent 

 field -mouse ) * 

 which Is**- 



.i.> a man 

 with l 



torates the stuhb; 



OF SELBORNE 



he obstruction, and becomes 



instinct is perfectly uniform 



;e creatures, the squirrel^ the 



the nut-natch (sitta Europcea\ 



s ; and yt i t they open them 



first, after rasping off the 



A-ith his long fore-teeth, 



^econd nibbles a hole 



1 with, a wimble, and 



the kernel can be 



:ks an irregular 



i has no paws to 



j'iroit work- 



,-!eft of a 



he per- 



'. -- \ nuts in 



jy anect s 

 fter a com 



1 slice. 



\\ part 

 should 

 ection, 



somnurts *#"* - % ^ 

 tenores, ac .r>; .--.i.*^ 

 euntque, redet+nt* 

 rehnqm pc*sit ex 

 sunt pcrittde a noi 

 nam facuiutettt c,> 



This 

 represent 



\ -i quoque 

 : < iclinque- 

 cinque et 

 exscensus, 



-^; ; et cunsonantiarum 

 ^m : cum nihil tale 

 K avmm, quae, quod non 

 on possunt perinde inter- 

 t&sendus in VitA Peireskii. 

 * me much by so well 

 r describing what I have 



