to make room, and in this mannei* is dragged, hay 

 and all, to their common retreat. Whenever they 

 venture abroad, one is placed as a centinel, sitting oni 

 an elevated rock, while the others amuse themselves 

 in the fields below ; and no sooner does he perceive a 

 man, an eagle, a dog, or any other enemy, than he 

 informs the rest by a kind of whistle, and is himself 

 the last to take refuge in the cell. These animals 

 run much swifter up hill than down ; they climb trees, 

 and run up ihe clefts of rocks with great ease : indeed 

 it is ludicrously said of the Savoyards, who are the 

 general chimney-sweepers of Paris, that they have 

 learned their trade from the Marmot, 



SaUIRRELS (SCIURUS). 



These are a numerous and active race of animals> 

 dispersed over most parts of the world ; their food is 

 wholly vegetable, of which they lay up stores for 

 their winter provision. 



1. The Black Squirrel (Sciurus Niger). 

 Inhabits North America, where it does much mi3« 



chief to the maize plantations. 



2. Grey Squirrel (Sciurus Cinerius), 



This is also a native of America, and is so great a 

 pest to the farmer, that very considerable sums have 

 been paid for their destruction. 



