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APPENDIX TO CHAPTER XVI. 



Animals— -Indian language of signs — Indian speeches. 



I. Animals. 

 A catalogue of the names of animals, which we observed at 

 Engineer Cantonment, or at other indicated places, on our 

 journey to that post. 



MAMMALIA. 



Vespertilio novaboracensis, L — New- York bat. 



— Carolinus, Geoff. — Carolina bat. 



Scalops aquaticus — Mole. 



Ursus Americanus, (gularis^ Geoff.) — Black bear. 



Procyon lotor — Racoon. 



Taxus labradoricus — Badger. 



Mustela minx — Mink. 



vison. 



Mephitis putorius (chinche, Buff. Cuv.) — Skunk. 

 Lutra (mustela lutra Braziliensis Gm. Cuv. J — Otter. 

 Canis — Indian dog. 



- lycaon — Black wolf. 



— virginianus — Red fox. 



— cintreo-argenteus — Gray fox. 



Felis concolor — Cougar. 



rufa — Bay lynx. 



Didelphius virginiana — Opossum. 

 Castor fiber — Beaver. 

 Ondatra Zibethicus — Muskrat. 

 Gerbillus Canadensis — Leaping-mouse. 

 Arctomys monax — Maryland marmot. 

 Mus agrarius? — Rustic mouse. 



Arvicola Zanthognatha. Leach — Meadow mouse (on the 

 Ohio). 

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