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Sect. XIV. 4- 3 



OF PLANTS 



37 1 



This animal is more aclive m the vernal months, during the time 



- . , J ^^..^, r^/^i-/=. Knrrnws are at this 



of the courtOi 



D 



of the males ; and many more b 



time made in the earth for their meeting with each oth 



A 



to 



h thefe animals are commonly efteemed 



beb 



yet 



appea 

 habitat 



have fome perception of light even hi their fubt 

 becaufe they begin th 



k as foon as it is light, and 



them 



fequently before the warmth of the fun can be fuppofed to afFe6t 



Hence his method of deftroying them coniifted fird in at- 



ding their fituation early before fun-rife 

 quently could fee the earth 



d at that time he fi 



move over 



th 



th 



c 



fs upon 



d by a fmdl light fpade he frequently cut ofF their retreat, 



by 



ft,.ild„g it into the ground behind then,, and _thet> d.,g^them up 



He added, that by lay 



the ear on a newly raifed mole-h 



found of .the fcratching mole might fometimes be heard at a dif- 



tance, 

 vibrations bett 



and direa where to find 



the folid earth conveys fmall 



D 



diftance, than the light aii% 



And 



that a terrier dog. after having been accuftomed to the bufinefs 



O 



frequently of fervice in deteding by h 



fe the place of the m 



beneath the foil, and by endeavouring to fcratch the earth over .t. 

 The mole he faid generally fuckles four or five, and fometimes f. 



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y 



h are placed confiderably deeper in the ground 



than their common 



d as thefe neft 



funk much deep 



m 



the ..round than their ftreets or bye-roads, and the mole-h 



fequentl} 



the earth on the fummit of thofe m 



ti 



lly of a different colour, and is raifed higher than that of 



Other ones. 



Thefe nefts are to be d 



o 



p 



having* firfl intercepted 

 1 their vicinity, to cut 



the canal between them and the mole-hills in their vic.n 



off the retreat of the inhabitants. . 



The next important circumftance is to difcover, which are the fre- 

 nuented ftreets, and which the bye-roads, for the purpofe of fetting 

 fubterraneous traps. This is effefted by making a mark on every new 



aiole-hill by a light preffure of your foot ; and on the next mornuig 



of 



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