HOMES WITHOUT HANDS. 



l^OKTREaS OF THE KOLE. 



Of all the mammalia, the Mole is entitled to take the first 

 place in our. list of burrowers. 



This extraordinary animal does not merely dig tunnels in the 

 ground and sit at the end of them, but forms a complicated 

 subterranean dwelling-place, with chambers, passages, and other 

 arrangements of wonderful completeness. It has regular roads 

 leading to its feeding-grounds ; establishes a system of com- 

 munication as elaborate as that of a modern railwa}', or to be 

 more correct, as that of the subterranean network of metropolitan 

 Bewers ; and is an animal of varied accomplishments. 



It can run tolerably fast, it can fight like a bulldog, it can 

 capture prey under or above ground, it can swim fearlessly, and 



