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infe&s ; conceals itfelf in the day, and feeds during the 

 night. — It is eafily taken ; for it neither flies nor attempts 

 to defend itfelf ; but, when touched, fhrinks ito its cir- 

 cular form, which it will not eafily quit, unlefs thrown 

 into water. 



The Hedge-hog, in the winter, wraps itfelf up in a 

 warm neft, made of mofs, dried grafs, and leaves *, and 

 fleeps out the rigours of that feafon. It is frequently 

 found fo completely encircled with herbage on all fides, 

 that it refembles a ball of dried leaves. When taken out 

 and placed before a fire, it foon recovers from its torpid 

 ftate. 



The TENDRAC 



is about the fize of a Rat. The upper part of its body 

 is covered with fpines, (horter and fmaller than thofe of 

 the Hedge-hog, which it fomewhat refembles, but does 

 not roll itfelf up like that animal 5 the reft of the body is 

 covered with a kind of fine hard hair, of a whitifh co- 

 lour about the head and nofe it has feveral long hairs, 

 like whilkers. 



