SPOTTED MOLE* 
Moie,. and Badger, -sleep during the whole 
winter> without taknig any food. The: Badr 
ger, however, comes out of it's hole in win- 
ter, as well as in summer, in search of provi- 
sions; a'fa£l easily ascertained by the tracks 
which it leaves on.the snow: and the Mole 
sleeps so little in winter^ that it raises the earth 
in the same manner as in sunimer; th^country 
people remarking, that a thaw approaches, 
because the Moles throw up their hills." 
Thev are^ indeed, fond of warm places ; and 
are often caught, by gardeners, in December, 
January, and February.'*' - 
There are no Moles in either the torrid or 
frigid regions ; and, Pennant says, there arc 
none in Ireland." To us it seems probable, 
that the soil of Ireland, where the rains are 
very frequent, may be too damp for the sub- 
terranean abodes of such animals as require 
much warmth. Pennant adds, tliat the Mole 
raises no hillocks in dry weather, being then 
obliged to |-enetrate deep after it's prey. When 
taken, it makes a great scream. It is most ac- i 
tive before rain; and, in winter, preceding a 
thaw; worms being, at such times in motion." 
