404 THE COMMON HEDGEHOG. 



The Hedgehog is occasionally an article of food 

 and is even said to be very delicate eating. The skiii 

 was used by the ancients for the purpose of a clothes- 

 brush. 



This animal differs very materially from the Por- 

 cupine, (which at first sight it seems much to re- 

 sembkj) both in the structure of its teeth, and ia 

 the shortness of its spines or quills. 



