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Kamtscliatka, in woods and mountains. It is also 
found within the arctic circle. They wander out 
the whole winter, and are very lively even amidst 
the snows. They eat any thing that comes in their 
way!, They have been sometimes seen in Germany. 
Garlic mouse. 
The garlic mouse is frequent in magazines of 
bulbous roots formed by the peasants of Siberia, 
especially in those formed of angular garlic. It 
has great open naked ears ; its tail is clothed with 
hair. The colour of its back is cinereous, mixed 
with long hairs, tipped with a dusky grey ; its sides 
are of a light ash ; its breast, belly, and feet, are 
white ; its body is four inches ; its tail one and a 
half. 
Soricene mouse. 
The soricene mouse, found in the neighbourhood 
of Strasbourg, is of a yellowish grey on the up- 
per parts of the body, with a white belly. Its 
nose is a little extended ; it has four toes before, 
five behind, round ears, a tail of a middling 
length, and covered with hair. 
Lem m us. 
The lemmus, or lemming, has two very long 
cutting teeth in each jaw, a pointed head, and 
long whiskers. Its eyes are small and black ; its 
mouth is small ; its upper lip divided; its ears 
are small and blunt, reclining backwards ; its fore 
legs are very short, with four slender toes on each, 
covered with hair ; and in the place of a thumb, 
it has a short claw, like a cock's spur ; it has five 
toes behind ; its skin is very thin ; its head and 
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