360 MOLE. Class I. 



the mole is amply recompensed, by the great 

 perfection of two other senses, those of hearing 

 and: of smelling; the first gives it notice of the 

 most distant approach of danger;, the other, 

 which is equally exquisite, directs it in the midst 

 of darkness to its food : the nose also, being 

 very long and slender, is well formed for thrust- 

 ing into small holes, in search of the worms and 

 insects that inhabit them. These gifts may 

 with reason be said to compensate the defect of 

 sight, as they supply in this animal all its wants, 

 and all the purposes of that sense. Thus am- 

 ply supplied as it is, with every necessary ac- 

 commodation of life, we must avoid assenting 

 to an observation of a most respectable writer, 

 and only refer the reader to the note, where he 

 may find the very words of that author, and 

 compare them with those of our illustrious 

 countryman, Mr. Ray* ' 



* La taupe, sans etre aveugle, a les yeux si pelits si couverts, 

 quelle ne peut faire grand usage du sens de la vue : en dedom- 

 maeement la nature lui a donue avec magnificence V usage du 

 slxieme sens, &c. 



Mr. Ray makes the latter observation ; but forms from it a con- 

 elusion much more solid and moral. Testes maximos, parastatas 

 amplissimas, novum corpus seminale ah his diversum et separatum 



natura concessit ; penem etiam facile omnium, ni fallor, 



animalium longissiynum : ex quihus colligere est, maxirnam prce re- 

 liquis omnibus ammalHus volupialem in coilu hoc abjcc/um et 





