236 THE SOUSLIK, OR 



fluence of the Telufchin. The Wolga, from 

 Simbufki to Somtof, is covered with thefe fait 

 barks ; and it is in the lands adjacent to thefe 

 rivers, as well as in the barks, where the fouf- 

 liks are taken. They have obtained the deno- 

 mination oi foiijlik, which fignifies nice-tafled^ 

 becaufe they are extremely fond of filt.' 



SUPPLEMENT. 



I now give a figure of this animal, which is 

 not in the original work. Prince Galitzin, at 

 the dtfire of M. de BufFon, was fo obliging as 

 to fend eight foufliks, with the neceffiry pre- 

 cautions for preferving them alive, till they 

 Ihould arrive in Prance. Thefe eight animals 

 arrived in Peteifburgh, after a long journey 

 from Siberia. But, notwithftanding all the at- 

 tention paid to them, they died in pafling from 

 Peterfburg to France. The inftrudions from 

 Siberia were, to feed them only with grain or 

 hempfeed ; to give them as much air as poffible ; 

 to put a confiderable quantity of fand in their 

 cage, becaufe, in their natural ftate, they burrow 

 in light foils. 



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