BOOK OF NATURAL HISTORY. 25 
. THE SHREW. 
“ Look here ! ” said little 
George to his uncle as they 
were walking together through 
a wood, “ what is this curious 
little animal ? It is very like a 
mouse, except that it is white 
beneath, and has a long, taper- 
ing snout. It is quite dead ; 
I wonder what killed it ! ” 
“ That,” said uncle Willie, “ is 
a shrew, a very useful little 
animal, because it eats a large 
number of insects which destroy 
the farmer’s crops.” “ And 
