THE HEDGEHOG A GAME EATER. 143 



We could not but acknowledge he was. The 

 quart was paid, and I gave the old man a sove- 

 reign for his lesson to me in natural history, 

 and I have ever since destroyed hedgehogs. 

 This animal will, if you draw a sharp bramble 

 across its back, cry just like a child ; but if you 

 pinch its foot sharply it has the same effect. 



Since the above was written I have seen 

 many letters on this subject, and to the effect 

 that the hedgehog is harmless. These would- 

 be naturalists evidently know little of the 

 matter. 



