BOBAK. 
course of their labours. In very hard and 
rocky places, from twenty to forty of these 
animais join together to facilitate the work ; 
and hve in society, each having it's nest ar the 
end of it's respe6tive gallery : hut the fewest 
galleries are found in the softest ground ; and, 
very frequently, there is only a single one. In 
each nest, they colledl the finest hay ; and in 
such plenty, especially tow^ards autumn, that 
sufficient is found in a single nest for a night's 
lood for a horse. 
During the middle and sunny part of the 
day, they sport about the entrance of tlicir 
holes, but seldom go far from them. On tlie 
sight of man, they retire with a slow pace ; 
and, sitting upright near the mouth, give atre- 
quent whistle, listening at the approacli. In 
places where they live in large families, they 
always station a centinel to apprize them of 
any danger during the time they arc teeding. 
"I'liey are very fond of olleraceous plants ; 
and, in a state of continement, eat cabbage, 
iiixd bread, very greedily. They drink milk 
witii much eagerness ; but refuse water, and 
seem 
