HEDOEHOG. 
number; and are at first whitC; with only thfe ^iji 
rudiments of their spines apparent. 
*' Desirous to rear some of them, I once ' 
put the dam and her young into a tub, with j, 
abundant meat, bread, bran, and fruit ; but 
the mother, instead of suckling her young, j. 
devoured them all, oni^; after the other. 
" On another occasion, a Hedgehog that ; 
had made it's way into the kitchen, discovered 
a little pot, in which there was some meat pre^ 
pared for boiling; when the mischievous ani- 
mal drew out the meat, and left it's excrements 
in the stead. 
** I kept males and females in the same 
apartment; wdiere they lived together, but 
never coupled. I permitted several of them to 
range my garden : thev did very little damage ; | 
and it was scarcely perceivable that thev were 1 
there. They lived on the fruits which fell 
from the trees ; dug the earth into shallow 
holes with their snouts ; and eat caterpillars, 
beetles, and worms, as well as some kinds of 
rotits. 'i'hey were also very fond of fleshy 
which 
