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but at that time the cat deftroys great numbers, and 
is as great an enemy to them as to mice. 
During the mayz harveft, thefe fquirrels are very 
bufy in biting off the ears, and filling their mouths 
fo full with the corn, that their cheeks are quite 
diiiended. It is obfervable, that they give great 
preference to certain food *, for if, after filling their 
mouths with rye, they happen to meet with wheat, 
they fling away the firft, that they may indulge in 
the laft. They are very wild, bite feverely, and are 
fcarcely ever tamed : the ikins are of little ufe j but 
are fometimes brought over to line cloaks. 
Glis Gefner quad. 550. Rati Jyn. quad. 113. 217. Fat. 
quad. 229. Sciurus Glis. Sc. canus fubtus al- 
Glis vulgaris Klein quad. t;6. bidus Lin.Jyft. 87. 
Glis fupra obfcure cinereus, in- Le Loir deBuffon, viii. 158. tab* 
fra ex albo cinerefcente Brifon xxiv. 
Sq. with thin naked ears : body covered with fort 
afh-colored hair: belly whitifh: tail full of long 
hair: from nofe to tail, near fix inches; tail four 
and a half: thicker in the body than the fquirrel. 
Inhabits France and the South of Europe. The 
late Do&'or Kramer favored me with one from Au- 
ftria . Lives in trees, and leaps from bough to 
bough, feeds on fruits and acorns: lodges in the 
hollows of trees : remains in a torpid ftate during 
winter, and grows very fat. 
Tola mihi dormitur hyems , et pinguior illo 
‘Tempore Jum y quo me nil nifi fomnus alii 
* Martial Epig. Lib. x iii. Ef. £9. 
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