HEDGEHOG. 
spines as scarcely to be visible. The prickles, 
which are about an inch in length, are very 
sharp-pointed ; their points are whitish, the 
middle of them being a dark or dusky brown, 
and the lower part of the same colour with the 
tips. 
Tire common Hedgehog, from the point of 
the nose, to the extremity of it^s tail, usually 
measures about ten inches. The legs, tail, 
and snout, are generally of a dark, or blackish 
colour. 
This animal has the power of defending 
itself from the enemy w^ith which it declines to 
combat, and of annoying the foe whicli it ne- 
ver ventures to attack. Possessed of little 
strength, and less agHitv, to encounter or es- 
cape it''s assailants, it has received from Nature 
a pricklv armour, with the faculty of rolling 
itself up into a ball, and thus presenting, from 
every part of it^s body, a poignant weapon of 
defence. Even from it's fear does the Hedge- 
hog: obtain another cnrine of securitv ; for 
the smell of it's urine, which excess of appre- 
hension generally induces it to shed, so much 
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