HEDGEHOG. 
the Hedgehog, hndlng itself free from danger, 
ventures to peep out from it's ball ; and, if not 
again interrupted, dehberately advances to it's 
retreat. The fox, however, is said, by his 
superlative cunning, to weary out the patience 
of this little animal ; teazing it with such per- 
severance, that it is at length constrained to un- 
fold, when the artful glutton instantly devours 
it. 
Like most wild animal?, the Hedgehog 
spends the greatest part of the day in sleep, 
and is principally in motion during the night. 
It generally resides in small thickets, in hedges, 
or in ditches covered with bushes ; making a 
hole about six or eight inches deep, which it 
lines with moss, grass, or leaves. 
This animal feeds on roots, fruits, worms, 
and inse61:s ; but is falsely charged with suck- 
ing cows, and wounding their udders : indeed, 
the smaliness of it's mouth might seem suffi- 
cient to exculpate it from this reproach. 
It is also said to be very destructive to gar- 
<lens and orchards ; where, according to the 
opinion 
