. Cassell's natural history. Animals; Animal behavior. rUE rrATER SIIUKIV. zn is probablj' to tlie latter that Mr. Hwuihoc' refers in liis notes on Chinese Mammals under tlie name al the " Musk ; He says that it is found throughout Cliina, Fox-niosa, and Hainan, in houses in large towns, being carried about in junks with the cargo. It has an unpleasant musky odour, and makes a peculiar chattering noise, which sounds like the chinking of money, and, he adds, often dis- turbed him in his room at night. Such a sound heard in the dark in a strange place would certainly be rather alar
. Cassell's natural history. Animals; Animal behavior. rUE rrATER SIIUKIV. zn is probablj' to tlie latter that Mr. Hwuihoc' refers in liis notes on Chinese Mammals under tlie name al the " Musk ; He says that it is found throughout Cliina, Fox-niosa, and Hainan, in houses in large towns, being carried about in junks with the cargo. It has an unpleasant musky odour, and makes a peculiar chattering noise, which sounds like the chinking of money, and, he adds, often dis- turbed him in his room at night. Such a sound heard in the dark in a strange place would certainly be rather alarming to any one who had money to lose. The " Musk Eat" of Ceylon is a reddish species, described by Kehxai-t as Sorex kandiamis, and by Mr. Jerdon as iS'. serpenhirius. It is rather smaller than the preceding, but takes its place in the houses of Ceylon and Southern India, and renders itself equally offensive by its strong musky odour. Several other Indian species are referred to C'rocidum, one of which, C. Perroteti, is said to be. K\r TAILCl SHKEW even smaller than the Tuscan Shrew. Others occur in Africa, in Egypt, Mozambique, and Madagascar, and in the neighbourhood of the Cape. THE WATER SHREW.* Our British Water Shrew is the type of a genus, all the species of which appear to haunt the margins of water. They have thirty teeth, all of which are tipped with brown or red. The upper front teeth are large and curved, and have a basal cusp behind ; the lower ones are nearly horizontal, and have a single tubercle and no notch at the tip. Behind these teeth there are on each sitle in the upper jaw four small teeth, the last of ^^hich is very minute ; and in the lower jaw two small teeth. The molai-s are four on each side in the upper, and three in the lower jaw. The snout is pointed, and furnished with very long whiskers ; the eyes small ; the ears of moderate size, and valvular ; and the feet and lower surface of the tail fringed with stiff haii's. Our Water
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