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ZOOLOGY. 



A disagreeable little tribe, of a fceted smell and \u\- 

 pleasant aspect, they feed on worms and iosects^ and aie 

 generally found in ths vicinitj of water. 



11. Erinaccus. Hedge-Hog. Upper front teeth two, 

 distant ; lower two approximate ; tusks in the upper jaw 

 liTe, in the lower three ; grinders four ; back and sides 

 covered with spines. 



In wcody situations this class is not uncommon ; their 

 food is beetles, worms, and vegetable substances, parti- 

 cularly fruits and roots that are in a state of putridity. 



Order IV. GLIRES. 



Front teeth rutting, two in each jaw, approximate, but 

 remote from the grinders^ tusks wanting ; feet clawed, 

 formed for running and bounding. The order comprises 

 ten genera, wliich feed on roots, the bark of trees, flesh, 

 fish and other animal and vegetable substances. 



1. Hysirix. Porcupine. Fror?^ ^^e/^ two, cut off obliquely ; 

 ^n>2f/er* eight ; toes^ four on the fo7e-feet^nd four or 

 five on the hind-feet : body covered with spines and hair. 



Porcupines generally burrow in the earth, where they 

 form capacious apartments, they usually quit their retreats 

 towards the dusk of the evening, in search of food, which 

 consists of fruits, roots, and vegetables : when alarmed they 

 coil themselves up, and in this state their spines become 

 erected, and they are then so completely armed that few 

 animals will venture to attack them. 



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