LEMING. 
THIS wonderful little animal, is the Mus 
Lemmus, of Linnaeus ; the Lemmar, or Lem- 
mus, of Olaus Magnus ; the Mus Norwegicus, 
or Norwegian Mouse, or Lemming, of Ray, 
of Wormius, and of Pontoppidan; the Leeni, 
or Lemmer, of Aldrovandus, and of Gesrier; 
the Cuniculus Norwegicus, or Norwegian 
Coney, of Brisson; the Lemming, of Buffo n ; 
and the Lemmus Rat, or Lapland Marmot, 
of Pennant. We, however, have adopted the 
name Leming., which is it's Norwegian ap- 
pellation. 
According to Buffon, 4( Olaus Magnus is 
the first who mentions the Leming. All," 
says he, " that Gesner, Scaliger, Zicgler, 
Johnston, &c. have related concerning it, is 
borrowed from this author. But Wormius, 
after the most accurate researches, has written 
a history of this animal, which he describes 
in the following manner — " It has," he re- 
marks, " the figure of a Mouse; but the tail 
