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but the late Mr. James Quin, that judicious co- 
median and bon vivant, effeftually eftablifhed it's 
reputation, and added a moft delicious fifti to the 
catalogue of luxuries. 
The Doree is found not only in the fouthern 
feas of this kingdom, but likewife on the coaft of 
Anglefea. Thofe of the largeft fize are taken in 
the Bay of Bifcay off the French fhores ; and alfo 
in the Mediterranean feas. 
Doree, Indian. This fifli, which is caught in 
many parts of the Eaft Indies, and called mcer- 
haen by the Dutch, appears to be the fame with 
the animal defcribed by Marcgrave under the ap- 
pellation of the abacatui. * 
DORIS. A genus of creeping worms, of which 
there are feveral fpecies. The body is oblong, 
and flat beneath; the moUth is placed below, and 
the vent behind; and there are two retra6lile 
feelers. 
Doris, Lemon-Coloured. The body of this 
fpecies is oval, convex, and marked with numerous 
pun£lures; the vent being furrounded with elegant 
ramifications. It is of a lemon colour; and is 
found in different parts of the Britifh feas, parti- 
cularly near Brighthelmftone, where it is called the 
fea-lemon. 
Doris, Warty. This variety, which is found 
near Aberdeen in Scotland, is of an ovated figure, 
convex, and tuberculated. 
Doris, Amber. The body of this fpecies re- 
fembles the fnail; it's front is abrupt; and it's co- 
lour is like that of amber. It inhabits the feas 
near Anglefea, 
DORMOUSE. A kind of wild field-moufe, 
called alfo the deeper, belonging to the order of 
glires in the Linneean fyftemi; having two cutting 
teeth in each jaw ; four toes before, and five behind; 
and naked ears. Thefe mice inhabit woods and 
thick hedges ; and build their nefts, which are lined 
with mofs and dead leaves, either in the hollow 
parts of trees, or near the bottoms of clofe fhrubs. 
Towards the approach of winter, they form little 
magazines of nuts, beans, or acorns, on which they 
fubfift during that rigorous feafon immured in their 
retreats. As foon as they perceive the firft advances 
of the cold, they prepare to mitigate it's effefts by 
rolling themfelves up in balls, and thus expofing 
their fmalleft furfaces to the weather. But it fre- 
quently happens that either the warmth of the fun, 
or an accidental tranfition from cold to heat, thaws 
their nearly ftagnant fluids, and awakes them from 
their temporary lethargy ; on fuch occafions, their 
provifions being at hand, they are not under the 
neceflity of fearching for the means of fubfiftence 
at the hazard of their lives. In this manner they 
ufually continue, fometimes afleep, and at others 
awake, during five months of the year; and, as they 
feldom venture from their abodes, they are of 
courfe but rarely feen. They ufually bring forth 
three or four at a time ; but that only once a year, 
viz. in the fpring feafon. 
Buffon diftinguifhes thefe animals info three 
fpecies ; namely, the greater Dormoufe, called the 
loir ; the middle, termed the lerot ; and the lefs, de- 
nominated the mufcardin: but we lhall adopt the 
divifions of the ingenious Pennant, whofe accuracy 
with refpeft to fubjefts of natural hiftory, we are in- 
clined to think, juftly entitles him to pre-emi- 
nence. 
Dormouse, Common. Tlie eyes of this fpe- 
cies are full and black ; the ears are round and 
Staked i the tail is two inches and a half long, and 
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pretty hairy towards the -extremity; the body is 
about the fize of that of the Common moufe, but 
rather more plump; and the colour is a tawny red, 
except on the throat, where it is white. This va- 
riety inhabits almoft every part of Europe. It ge- 
nerally builds it's neft near the bottom of a thick 
hedge, either with mofs or the leaves of trees ; and 
fubfifts on nuts, v/hich it eats in a kind of ere61: 
pofture, after the manner of the fquirrel. At the 
commencement of the brumal fealbn, it rolls itfelf 
up in it's retreat, where it lies in a torpid ftate till 
revived by the genial heat of the returning fpring. 
Sometimes, however, when the weather proves un- 
ufualiy mild in Vv^inter, it feems to revive ; but when 
that motive ceafes, it very foon relapfes into it's 
former flate. 
Dormouse, Striped. This anim.al is a native 
of the northern parts of Afia, and alfo" of America. 
When deprived of all other means of efcape, it will 
afcend a tree: however, it ufually burrows under 
ground, where it forms a habitation with tv,'o en- 
trances, that it may be furniPned with the means 
of egrefs fliould one or other of the paffages be ac- 
cidentally flopped up. This retreat, which is very 
ingenioufly contrived, refembles a long gallery with 
diverticles on each fide, each terminating in an 
enlarged ciiamber, which ferve as granaries for die 
animal's winter piovifions : in one, acorns are de- 
p>ofited; in another, maize; in a third, hickery 
nuts; and, in a fourth, chinquapin chefnuts, which 
feem to be their favourite aliment. 
Thefe creatures feldom venture abroad during 
the winter, at leaft while their provifions hold out; 
but when they happen to fail, which is fometimes 
the cafe, they make their way into cellars where 
apples are lodged, or into barns ftored with maize, 
and there make great havock. During the 
maize-harveft, they bite off the ears, and cram their 
mouths fo full with that kind of corn, that tiieir 
cheeks appear greatly diftended. It has already 
been obferved, that they ffiew a great predilection 
to particular forts of food; and accordingly, ifdiey 
happen, after filling their mouths with rye, to meet 
wnth ^yheat, they inftantly relinquiih the former, in 
order to feaft on the latter. They are extremely 
wild, bite very feverely, and feem incapable of 
being tamed. 
The ears of the Striped Dormoufe are plain ; the 
ridge of the back is marked with a double black 
ftreak; and each fide with a pale yellow ffripe, 
bounded both above and beneath by a black line. 
The head, body, and tail, are of a reddifh brov/ii 
colour; the breaft and belly are white ; the nofe and 
feet are a pale red ; and the eyes are full and pro- 
minent. 
Dormouse, Fat, the Loir of Buffon. The 
body of this animal is covered with foft alh-coloured 
hair; the belly is whitifli; the tail is furrounded 
with very long hair; the ears are thin and naked; 
the length, from the nofe to the tail, is nearly fix 
inches, that of the tail being four and a half; and the 
body is thicker than that of the fquirrel. 
This fpecies, v/hich inhabits the fouthern parts 
of Europe, and alfo the fouth-v/eft parts of Ruffia, 
lives in the hollov/s of trees. It feeds on fruits 
and acorns ; and remains in a torpid ftate during 
the winter feafon. The flefli of this creature v.'a^s 
reckoned a peculiar delicacy among the ancient 
Romans ; and we are informed that it is at prefent 
much efteemed in fome parts of Italy. 
Dormouse, Garden. The eyes of this animal 
are furrounded by a large black circle, reaching 
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