THE 
WATER-SHREW. 
Generic Character. 
Two cutting Teeth in each jaw. 
Long (lender No/e: fmall Ears. 
Five. Toes on each foot. 
Tennant. 
Specific Character, &c. 
SOREX black above, whitith beneath. 
MUSARAIGNE D’EAU. 
Taubenton Mem. de F Acad. de Paris, 1756, 
p. 211. t. 5. f. ,2. 
WATER-SHREW. 
Pennant Hijl. Ouadr. p. 480. 
This animal may be numbered amongft the rarer 
quadrupeds of Britain, and is but very feldom noticed 
except by thofe who pay a more than ordinary degree 
of attention to the natural productions of our kingdom. 
It appears to be a native of almoft every part of Europe, 
and from the obfervations of Dr. Pallas it fhould feem 
to be very well known in Siberia. In France it was 
difeovered and deferibed by Mr. Daubenton in the 
year 1756. In England it had long before been no¬ 
ticed ; 
