WILD CREATURES OF GARDEN AND HEDGEROW 



be disturbed, though food should be handy, 

 so that if it does wake up it may find something 

 ready for it. When thus well treated it will 

 get very tame, allowing itself to be handled 

 without ever rolling up, eating readily from 

 the hand, and letting you watch all its quaint 

 little ways without fear or nervousness. 



(Note. — ^The Hedgehog, Erinaceas europasiis, is 

 found throughout Europe, including Great Britain 

 and Ireland. Three sub-species have been described 

 from Southern Europe, but the species shows no 

 variation in the British Isles.) 



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