LEMING. 
" They feed on grass, on the Rein Deer 
Liverwort, and the catkins of the Dwarf Birch. 
The first they get under the snow: beneath 
which they wander during winter ; make their 
lodgements; and have a spiracle to the surface, 
for the sake of air. In these retreats, they 
are easily pursued by the Arctic Foxes. 
" They make very shallow burrows under 
the turf, but do not form any magazines for 
winter provision. By this improvidence, it 
seems, they are compelled to make these nu- 
merous migrations, in certain years, urged by- 
hunger to quit their usual residences. 
" They breed often in the year, and bring 
five or six young at a time. Sometimes they 
bring forth in their migration : some they carry- 
in their mouths, and others on their backs. 
" They are.not poisonous, as is vulgarly re- 
ported; for they are often eaten by the Lap- 
landers, who compare their flesh to that of 
Squirrels. 
" They are the prey of Foxes, Lynxes, and 
Ermines, 
