squirrel: 
Was efleemed a great delicacy by the Romans , who 
had their Gliraria * places contracted to keep and 
feed them in, I think that the Italians at prefent 
eat them. 
2i8.Ga&DE*I» Mus avellanarum major Gefner ad oculos nigra BrijTonquad. 114. 
quad . 735. Mus quercinus* M. cauda elon- 
Greater jDormoufe, or Sleeper, gata pilofa, macula nigra fub 
RailJyn. quad. 219. oculos. Lin.fyft. 84. 
Glis fupra obfeure cinereus, in- LeLerot de Baffin, viii. 281. tab. 
fra ex slbo cinerefcens, macula xxv. 
Sq. with the eyes furronnded with a large fpot of 
black, reaching to the bafe of the ears, and another 
behind the ears: head and whole body of a tawny 
color : the throat and whole under-fide of the body 
white, tinged with yellow: the tail long: the hairs 
at the beginning very fhort, at the end bufhy: 
length, from nofe to tail, not five inches; the tail 
four. 
Inhabits France and the South of Europe: infefe 
gardens, and is very deftrudive to fruits of all kind: 
Is particularly fond of peaches: lodges in holes in 
the walls : brings five or fix young at a time : like 
the former, remains torpid during winter; has a 
ft rang fmeil, like a rat. 
? Varro di n rufika, lib , iik 
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