HEDGEHOG. 
Pledgehogs couple in the spring, and brin^ 
'forth about the beginning of summer. 
They sleep during the winter; and, conse- 
quently, the stories which have been propa- 
gated, respedling their providing against tha 
season, are certainly false: they are at al 
times satisfied with a small portion of food . 
and are capable of subsisting a long time 
w ithout any aliment whatever. 
Like all oiher animals which remain in ? 
torpid state during the winter, their blood i; 
cold. Their flesh, though' generally reje(5lec 
as unfit for human food, is nevertheless sait 
by some naturalists to possess an excellent fla- 
vour. , 
