PERFUMING SHREW. 
pe6l are only varieties of the Common Fetid 
Shrew, or Sorex Araneus. They were all 
discovered by Professor Herman, in the neigh- 
bourhood of Strasberg ; but, as Mr. Pennant 
does not quote the book, it is impossible to 
ascertain their proper place in system without 
farther information." 
BufFon observes, that the Shrews seem to 
form a link in the chain of small animals, 
and to fill the interval between the Rat and 
the xMole ; which, tliough they resemble each 
other in size, dlrrer greaily in figure, and are 
very disiincl species. 
The generical characters of the Shrew arc 
these — " It has cwo long fore-teeih in the 
upper jaw, which are divi.ied into two polnis : 
and in the lower jaw arc two, or four, fore- 
teeth ; the two middle ones being, in the latter 
case, shorter than the otliers. On each side, 
in both jaws, are two or more tusks. The 
grinders aie knobbed." 
To this wc mav ad l, that the animals of this 
genus have, in general, thick clumsy bodies, and 
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