HISTORY OF QUADRUPEDS. 



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The Dwarf MOUSE 



is a native of the Cape of Good Hope, where it was dis- 

 covered, and firft defcribed, by Sparrman. — »It is diftin- 

 guiflied from every other fpecies of the genus by four 

 black lines along its back, from the head to the tail. 



It is fuppofed to be the moll diminutive quadruped in 

 the world, being fcareely two inches in length. In the 

 annexed reprefentation it is drawn the natural fize, and 

 forms a ftriking contrail with thofe gigantic animals 

 which inhabit that quarter of the world. 



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