MOLES, SHREWS AND BATS _ 199 
bank below the water. It can swim and dive 
excellently, and no doubt adds to its fare of 
worms and grubs many small creatures and 
their eggs caught in the water and on the 
stream-bed. It seems to be more active in win- 
ter than the others, frequently moving about 
under the snow or on its surface. 
Moles are hardy, easily tamed and supported 
on shreds of meat, and exhibit intelligence as 
well as an ugly temper. When two or more 
are confined together the murder and eating of 
‘the weaker is likely to follow, until one cannibal 
is left. 
Shrews and their ways. The shrews are 
relatives of the moles, which do not tunnel, but 
are so small, secretive and nocturnal, that few 
persons suspect their presence, although they 
are numerous and of many sorts all over the 
country, even very far to the north. Our 
eastern long-tailed shrew is the smallest known 
mammal and could curl up in a walnut husk, 
yet it exists at the Arctic Circle and runs about 
in the snow of a Canadian winter. They are 
mouse-like animals, extremely swift and agile 
in their movements, but instantly separable 
