ticed; but was confidered ainongfl the loft quadrupeds of 

 our ifland till about the year 1768, when it was again 

 obferved in the neighbourhood of Reevefby- Abbey in 

 Lincolnfhire. It may probably be difcovered in many 

 other parts of the kingdom, and its continuing fo long 

 undiftinguifhed mult partly be afcribed to the obfeurity 

 of its retreats, under the banks of rivers, and in wa- 

 tery places, and partly to a mere want of attention to 

 objects of this nature. In fome parts of Buckingham- 

 mire it is not very uncommon , it is alfo found in the 

 neighbourhood of Oxford ; and it feldom fails to refide 

 in the banks of the river furrounding the water- walks 

 of Magdalen College ; .and is not unirequently found 

 dead by the edges of the walks, in the fame manner as 

 the common Shrew, or Sorex Araneus of Linnaeus, 

 from which it may always be mod readily diftinguifhed 

 by its very different color. 



