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barrier to the range of this animal towards the coast northwards 
as far as the Wash. 
With the exception of a district in the south-western part of 
the county, and near Ipswich, I can up to the present hear of no 
single well-authenticated case where the Dormouse has been 
observed in a wild state in Surroux. An anonymous 
correspondent of ‘ The Field’ speaks of it as “not uncommon in 
parts of Suffolk,” but unfortunately omits to say in what parts. 
He mentions having lately received one from West Suffolk; and 
its occurrence at the Devil’s Ditch, within less than two miles of 
Newmarket, as recorded by Mr. Woods, renders the existence of 
this animal near the confines of Cambridgeshire a thing to be 
looked for where the country is adapted to its habits. Through 
the kindness of Dr. Laver I am enabled to indicate one district 
in the south-west of the county where the Dormouse is found, on 
the authority of Dr. Bree; who, in a letter to Dr. Laver, dated 
from Long Melford, says—‘‘ The Dormouse is well known about 
here,” and goes on to state that two “sleepers” were quite 
recently caught by a man while at work in a large wood near 
Lavenham. Both these places are within a short distance of the 
Stour. A gamekeeper on the Tendring Hall estate near Nayland, 
on the Suffolk side of the Stour, in reply to an enquiry from 
Dr. Laver, stated that he had found very few nests on that estate. 
Mr. H. Miller, jun., of Ipswich, has on more than one occasion, 
during entomological excursions, seen the Dormouse “‘ at sugar ”’ 
at Dodnash and Old Hall woods, in the parish of Bentley, near 
Ipswich, and once possessed a specimen which was found in its 
nest near the Gold Road, in the parish of Stoke, Ipswich. He 
believes it to have been not uncommon in that neighbourhood as 
recently as twenty years back. 
As regards the county of Norrotx, Mr. Southwell, of Norwich, 
in a communication to ‘ The Field’ states that though recorded 
in Paget’s list as occurring in that county, twenty years’ 
observation and enquiry among the numerous naturalists 
distributed throughout Norfolk have not enabled him to confirm 
that statement. Of late years, however, a colony of dormice has 
made its appearance in a district situated in the south-east. For 
this intelligence, together with the following interesting account 
of its probable origin, I am indebted to Mr. W. M. Crowfoot, of 
Beccles, who, in a letter dated April 11th, 1884, says— I find on 
