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fait: numbers taken on board the barges that load 
with that commodity, at Sclikamjky , and fall down 
into the Volga below Cafan : the fkins I have feen 
from thence are far more beautiful! than one I re¬ 
ceived from Auftria, of a deeper color, and the fpots 
more diftincl and bright. 
202. Lap- Leramarvel Le minus. Olaimagni Cuniculus caudatus, atiritus, ex 
land, de gent. Septentr. 358. flavo, rufo ct nigro variegatua. 
Leem vel Lemmer. Gefner quad. Brijfon quad. 100. 
731. MusLemmus. M. cauda abbre- 
Mus norvegicus vulgb Leming viata, pedibus pentadadtylis, cor- 
Worm. Mus. 321, 325 .Scheffer Lap- pore fulvo nigro vario. Lin. fyj&. 
land, 136. Pontop. Norway, IX. 30. 8o- 
StKG?nSondmGr.\q\. RailJyn. quad. Fial-Mus, Sabell-Mus. Lappts 
'227. Lummick/ Faun. Suec. No. 29. 
Sable-mice Phrfr.abridg. II. 873. Le Leming de Bujfoiiy xiii. 314. 
V ; •* ; 
M. with two very long cutting teeth in each jaw: 
head pointed: long whifkers *, fix of the hairs on each 
fide longer and ftronger than the red;: eyes fmall 
and black: mouth fmall: upper lip divided : ear* 
fmall, blunt, afrd reclining backwards : fore legs 
very fhort: four {lender toes on the fore feet, co¬ 
vered with hairs •, and in the place of the thumb, a 
jharp claw, like a cock’s fpur: five toes behind; 
tail about half an inch long •, the body and head, 
about live : the ikin very thin : the color of the 
head and body black, and tawny, difpofed in irre¬ 
gular blotches : belly white, tinged with yellow*. 
* Defcribed from two of thefe animals I received (fruit) from 
Norway: They agreed in all rdfedts with V/ormius\ excellent de- 
fcription. 
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