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known them caught in June^ and as late as the last of Sep- 
tember. A friend of mine^ once working in his fields felt 
something between his trowsers and his thigh^ which proved 
to be a deer-mouse, having run up his leg ; he caught it^ and 
gave it to me. It appears to become torpid during winter ; 
my friend^ Mr. H. Bill, has informed me that once, when 
digging up earth to cover a potato pit, he exposed two deer- 
mice in a little cavity, about eight inches below the surface 
of the ground : they were stiff and motionless, but were 
sleek, and did not appear dead. He carried them into his 
house, and in the warmth they revived. There was no ap- 
pearance of a nest, nor any hoard. It was late in the season, 
as the ground was partially frozen : probably in the month 
of November. 
DEER-MOUSE. 
(Gerhillus Canadensis.) 
C. — I perceive a large green grasshopper abundant among 
the grass, which I have not observed before. 
F. — This is more properly a Locust : I believe those 
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