THE HEDGE-HOG. 



Generic Characters. 

 Five toes on each foot. 

 Body covered with ftrong Ihort fpines. 



Synonims. 

 Echinus terrestris, Gefner Quad. 3(38. 

 Igel, Kramer Aujlr. 314. 

 Erinaceus Europeus, Linn. Syjl. 75. 

 L'Herisson, De Buffon, viii. 28. tab. vi. 

 Erinaceus terrestris, Raii. Syn. Quad. 231. 

 Common Hedge-Hog, Pennant Hijl. Quad. vol. ii. p. 234. 



THIS little animal, unable to defend itfelf from the infults of the fmaller 

 hearts of prey, is provided, by indulgent nature, with a fpinous armour, 

 that well fupplies the want of bodily ftrength. When alarmed it colle&s 

 itfelf into the form of a ball, and in that pontion prefents a furface, fo 

 admirably fortified on all fides with lharp points, that few animals, but fuch 

 as are trained to the fport, will venture to attack it. The more it is 

 tormented, the clofer it rolls together; and fometimes, by voiding its urine 

 through extreme timidity, it exhales fo fetid a vapour as to obtain a 

 deliverance from its diig lifted annoyer. 



The length of the Hedge- Hog is about ten inches. Its nofe is long, and 

 the noftrils are bordered on each tide with a loofe flap. Its ears are naked, 

 fhort, and rounded; its eyes fmall; its legs of a dufky hue, and destitute of 

 hair; its toes pointed with weak claws; and its tail Ihort. The upper part 

 of its face, together with its fides and rump, are covered with coarfe 



