SPOTTED MOLE. 
but very absurd, old Engb'sh adage— " As blind 
as a Mole." It has six cutting teeth in the up- 
per, and eight in the lower jaw, with two ca- 
nine teeth in each. The tail is not more than' 
an inch .lo4ig ; and the entire animal, from tip to 
tip, somewhat less than seven inches. It's sense 
of -smell is exquisite. The skin is so tough, 
as scarcely to be cut through; and the fur 
which is short, close set, and softer and sleeker 
than the finest velvet, is almoffc constaiuly 
black, but sometimes spotted with white, and 
sometimes quite Vv'hite, 
Of all animals," says Buffon, the 
Mole is most amply endowed with generative 
organs; and, consequently, with their relative 
sensatiohs. It has, besides, a delicate sense of 
touch; a very fin€ear; and small liands, with 
five fingers, very difPerent from the extremities 
of other quadrupeds, and nearly similar to the 
human hand; great strength, in proportion to 
the size of it's body; a compa6l skin; and a 
perpetual vigour. So lively and reciprocal an 
attachment subsists between the male and fe- 
male, tha^' they seem to dread or disrelish all 
other society. They enjoy the placid habits 
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