LEMING. 
64 is shorter, and the body about five inches 
&i long. The hair is fine, and spotted with 
" various colours. The fore-part of the 
" head is black, and the hind-part yellowish. 
(i The neck and shoulders are black. 44 The 
" rest of the body is reddish; and marked 
66 with small black spots of different figures, 
** as far as the tail, which exceeds not half an 
" inch in length, and is covered with blackish 
*' yellow hairs. Neither the figure nor order 
44 of the spots are the same in every indivi- 
44 dual. Round the mouth there are several 
44 stiff hairs, in the form of whiskers ; of 
44 which, six on each side are longer and stif- 
44 fer than the rest. The opening of the 
44 mouth is small; and the upper lip is divided, 
44 as in the Squirrels. From the upper jaw 
44 proceed two long, sharp, and somewhat 
" crooked, cutting- teeth, the roots of which 
44 penetrate as far as the orbits of the eyes. 
44 Two similar teeth, in the under jaw, cor- 
44 respond with those above: and there are 
4k three grinders, on each side, situated at a 
*' distance from the cutting-teeth. The first 
44 of the grinders is large, and composed of 
" four lobes; die second, of three lobes ; and 
44 the 
