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57. BROWN. 
58. AMERICAN. 
59. WaTeER. 
BROWN, AMERICAN, AND. WATER, RAT. 
We find none of the fpecies in Kamt/chatka, nor any where to the 
eaft of the Urallian chain. America mutt therefore have been ftocked 
with them from the fide of Europe. They are very common in 
Rufia. Towards Aftracan they are-very fmalt, but of the fame color 
with the others. 
Br. Zool. i. N° 26.—Hi??, Quad, N° 298.—Smellie, iv. 336.—Lrv. Mus. 
AT. Above, light brown mixed with tawny, dufky, and cine- 
reous: below, of a dirty white: four toes before, and a claw 
inftead of a fifth toe. 
I have no authority for giving this fpecies a place Itere: but muft 
fuppofe that the new world could not poffibly efcape the peft, as it is 
univerfally become a moft deftructive inhabitant of European fhips. 
Hift. Quad. N° 299. 
Characho, Fike Cholgomac, or Great Moufe of the Monguls.—Lav. Mus. 
AT. With the upper jaw extending very far beyond the lower : 
ears large and naked: tail rather fhorter, in proportion, than 
that of the Black, to which it is rather fuperior in fize: color a dufky 
brown. 
The fpecimen, from which this defcription ts taken, was fent from: 
North America to Sir Afhton Lever; but I am not informed, whether 
it only frequented the deferts, or infefted houfes. 
Br. Zool. N°300.—Hift. Quad. N° 300.—Smellie, iv. 290.—Lev. Mus. 
AT. With fmall eyes: ears covered with the fur: teeth yel- 
low: body covered with long hairs, black mixed with a few of 
a ruft-color: belly of a deep grey.. 
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