ticed; but was confidered amongft the loft quadrupeds of 
our ifland till about the year 1768, when it was again 
obferved in the neighbourhood of Reevefby-Abbey in 
Lincolnfhire. It may probably be difcovered in many 
other parts of the kingdom, and its continuing fo long 
undifiinguifhed muft partly be afcribed to the obfcurity 
of its retreats, under the banks of rivers, and in wa¬ 
tery places, and partly to a mere want of attention to 
obje&s of this nature. In fome parts of Buckingham- 
lliire it is not very uncommon , it is alfo found in the 
neighbourhood of Oxford ; and it feldom fails to relide 
in the banks of the river furrounding the water-walks 
of Magdalen College; and is not unfrequently found 
dead by the edges of the walks, in the fame manner as 
the common Shrew, or Sorex Araneus of Linnaeus, 
from which it may always be moft readily diftinguilhed 
by its very different color. 
