PERFUMING, BRASILIAN SHREW. &C. 481 
Nizney NovOgorod, that the peasants frequently 
bring five hundred a-pieceto market, and sell them 
for one ruble per hundred. 
Perfuming shrew. 
The perfuming shrew is near eight inches long. 
Its upper jaw extends far beyond the lower; its 
upper fore teeth are short, the lower long and 
slender ; it has long white whiskers ; small eyes ; 
ears transparent, broad and round ; and a tine coat 
of short close hair, of a pale cerulean on the upper 
parts, lighter beneath ; with white feet. It inha- 
bits Java, and others of the East Indian islands. 
It eats rice. It has so strong a scent of musk as 
to perfume every thing it runs over. It is said, 
that by merely passing over it, it will render the 
wine in a well-corked bottle not drinkable. Cats 
will not touch them. 
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Brasilian shrew. 
The Brasilian shrew, five inches long, is of a 
dusky colour, and is marked along the back with 
three broad black strokes. Its tail measures two 
inches. It does not fear the cat ; neither does that 
animal hunt after it. 
Murine shrew. 
The murine shrew, so called as being of the si?e 
of a common mouse, is of a brown colour, and 
inhabits Java ; it has a long nose, hollow beneath, 
with very long hair about its nostrils ; ears round-* 
ed, and rather naked; the tail a little shorter 
than the body, and not so hairy. 
