HEDGEHOG. 
yvhich they devoured either boiled, roasted, or 
raw/' 
These animals inhabit every part of Europe, 
except Lapland, Norway, and other veiy cold 
climates ; and, as we are told by Flacourt, 
Hedgehogs like those of France, are found at 
Madagascar, where they are called Soras. 
*' Hedgehogs, says BufFon, *' when at 
large in the country, are generally found in 
woods, under the trunk of old trees, as well 
as in the clefts of rocks. I do not believe that 
they ever climb up trees, as some naturalists 
have affirmed ; or that they make use of their 
prickles to carry off the fruit, since it is with 
their mouths that they seize it. Though they 
are very numerous in the forests of France, I 
have never seen one of them on a tree : they 
always remain at the foot, in some hollow 
space, or under moss. 
" They seldom approach human habita- 
tions; and, though they prefer dry and hilly 
grounds, they are not unfrequently found in 
meadows.'* 
Hedgehogs 
