234 THEPEROUASCA. 



VII. 

 THE PEROUASCA. 



Russia and Poland furnifh another animal. 

 In the language of the former country it is cal- 

 led pereivmzka^ and in that of the latter prze- 

 •wiajka *, or girdkd iveafel. It is fmaller than 

 the polecat, and covered with whitilh hair, rayed 

 tranfverfely with feveral bands of yellowifh red. 

 It lives in the woods, and burrows in the ground. 

 Its fkin is a beautiful fur. 



VIII. 

 The SOUSLIK, or CASAN MARMOT f. 



IN Cafan, and the provinces watered by the 

 Wolga, as far as Auftria, there is a fmall animal 



called 



capite longiufculo, brevibus ktifque auriculis, promiflb myftace 

 utriiiquc ad litera nuriuiii iic,ente, dodum ejus latum et in- 

 curvum eft, abdomen pendulum, femora groira, pedum digitt 

 longi acutis unguibus ad fodiendum adaptalis ; talparum enim 

 inllar in enitis i'ub terra antris degic ; pilus ex dilute cinereo 

 fufcus eft; Seba, vol. 2. p. 64. Jig. tab. 63. f£. 5. 



• Rzaczinilii, AuH pag. ^28. 



t Cafiin marmot, with ihort round ears ; fmooth hair, of 



