aewn LAND KRINGED RAT. 
joice the Samoieds with a rich chafe of the animals which purfue the 
wanderers. The Samoieds affert, that the Rein-Deer will greedily 
devour them; perhaps they take them medicinally, as Sheep are 
known as greedily to feek and fwallow Spiders. 
. Lena, Mus Gmelini, Pallas, Nov. Sp. an. 195. 
AT. With fhort round ears: white whifkers: thick broad bo- 
dy, in all parts nearly of equal breadth: tail fhort, thickly 
covered with rude hairs: five toes on the fore feet, with claws very 
ftrong and white: four on the hind feet, with claws much weaker : 
the fur pretty long; three parts of its length, from the roots, cine- 
reous, the reft white; fo that the animal appears entirely white, except 
the cheeks, which are afh-colored, and the chin, which is dufky. 
The lergth is three inches one-fifth, the tail four-fifths of an 
inch. 
They are feen in great numbers in autumn, on the borders of the 
Icy Sea, and about the parts of the Lena that fall into it. They 
appear fuddenly, and depart as expeditioufly. They feed on the 
roots of moffles, and are themfelves the food of “ric Foxes. Per- 
haps they extend to the Fenefei: for it is faid that there are two forts 
of Mice found there; one wholly white; the other black, yellow, and 
white, which perhaps is the Lemmus *. 
. Rincep, Hit. Quad. N° 205. 
AT. With a blunt nofe: ears hid in the fur: hair very fine: 
claws ftrong and hooked: color of the upper part, fometimes 
ferruginous, fometimes light grey undulated with deep ruft-color : 
a crefcent of white extends on each, from the hind part of the head 
towards the throat, bounded on each fide by a bed of ruft-color. 
* Nov. Sp. an, 1976 
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