. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Natural history; Sciences naturelles. NATURAL IIISTOnr. 1(1| m mij^lit luivc done 11 events \vo"Ul not iistant'c. He relates ore:â I our j)oking him up us of l)ecf or lejjp of H cage. No fine lady jf a sjiider than this ing a mouse. Our ninuil by a string to 3 to the tigtir's nose. op])08ite side; and ir him, he jammed ling and roiu-ing in ijs obliged to desist metimes wo insisted 10 Tinconscious little )r a long time how- at length, I believe a start; but instead nnking a d6to»ir to ally took a kind of his back in contact I ily common, and
. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Natural history; Sciences naturelles. NATURAL IIISTOnr. 1(1| m mij^lit luivc done 11 events \vo"Ul not iistant'c. He relates ore:â I our j)oking him up us of l)ecf or lejjp of H cage. No fine lady jf a sjiider than this ing a mouse. Our ninuil by a string to 3 to the tigtir's nose. op])08ite side; and ir him, he jammed ling and roiu-ing in ijs obliged to desist metimes wo insisted 10 Tinconscious little )r a long time how- at length, I believe a start; but instead nnking a d6to»ir to ally took a kind of his back in contact I ily common, and is mc and beautiful, it u British quadrupeds, 1 " Selborne," is very I halfpenny weighing â of scales. Its nest [e!Mi. is miscd abovit a foot and a half from the ground, and supported on two or three straws. It is made of gi-uss, about t lie size of a cricket-ball, and very compact. The Field Mouse is as great a pest in the open air as the Common Mouse within a house. It not only devoui-s the corn, but strijis the bark off young trees, doing gi-eat mischief. The kestrel or windhover hawk lives almost exclusively on the Field Mouse, and ought always to be encouraged. Several genera are omitted. SuMainily fc. ArriiiAlnn. ''^^. Fnimontarius (Lat. heloiujimj to harvest), the JJamalir. The Hamsteh Rat is a native of parts of Germany. It is a terrible pest there, as it not only devours the corn, ttc. m tlic summer, but lays up a large store for the winter. It is a most furious little animal, and will attack a man or a horse und even a waggon wheel if it approaches too near the spot which the Hamster considera its own property, lints, mice, lizards, birds, and even its weaker bretliren, are eaten by tins ravenous little animal. It lives in holes underground, and to escape attack has several passages from its chamber leading in different direc- tions. The skin is of some value, and the hunter who spoai-s it usually opens its granaiy for the sake of its store, w
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