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seems to be in corn-ricks, into which they are car- 
ried at harvest. This gentleman measured some 
of them ; and found that from nose to tail they 
were two inches and a quarter, and their tails 
two inches long. Two of them in a scale weighed 
down just one copper halfpenny, about the third of 
an ounce avoirdupois ; whence he supposes them 
to be the smallest quadrupeds in this island. A 
full grown domestic mouse would weigh at least 
six times as much as one of these. 
Lineated mouse. 
This small and elegant species w as first described 
by Sparrman, and is a native of the forest regions, 
on the Slangen river, a great way eastward, from 
the Cape of Good Hope. It is one of the least of 
the genus, being little more than two inches long, 
from nose to tail. 
Oriental mouse, &c. 
The oriental is about half the size of the com- 
mon mouse. It is of a grey colour, and has 
rounded ears. Its back and sides are elegantly 
marked with twelve rows of small pearl-coloured 
spots, extending from the head to the rump. Its 
tail is as long as its body. It inhabits India. It 
is a doubtful species. 
The Barbary mouse is also less than the common 
one ; of a brown colour ; marked on the back 
with ten pale stripes. It has three toes, with 
claws on the fore feet, and the rudiments of a 
thumb. Its tail is of the same length with the 
body 
The Mexican mouse is of a whitish colour, 
mixed with red. Its head is whitish ; each side 
of its belly is marked with a great reddish spot. 
