. An historical and descriptive account of British America [microform] : comprehending Canada Upper and Lower, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Prince Edward Island, the Bermudas, and the fur countries, their history from the earliest settlement, the statistics and topography of each district, their commerce ... : to which is added a full detail of the principles and best modes of emigration. Hudson's Bay Company; Compagnie de la Baie d'Hudson; Natural history; Sciences naturelles. 240 NOTICES REGARDING THE PRINCIPAL mu m' mm- V^- K 4V. â ^H IS .|'u â fii: I ill!. direct ratio of the
. An historical and descriptive account of British America [microform] : comprehending Canada Upper and Lower, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Prince Edward Island, the Bermudas, and the fur countries, their history from the earliest settlement, the statistics and topography of each district, their commerce ... : to which is added a full detail of the principles and best modes of emigration. Hudson's Bay Company; Compagnie de la Baie d'Hudson; Natural history; Sciences naturelles. 240 NOTICES REGARDING THE PRINCIPAL mu m' mm- V^- K 4V. â ^H IS .|'u â fii: I ill!. direct ratio of the extent of the cerebral surfaces.* They dwell ill woods, where they climb the branches of trees, feeding on birds, eggs, reptiles, insects, and fruits. They enter farmyards, and commit great damage by sucking the blood of poultry. One of the best known of this genus is the Virginian opossum (Z). Virginiana, Penn.), which is spread over a great extent of country from Paraguay to the great northern lakes, and abounds in the middle states. It lives in fields and woods, and often enters houses during the night, in search of domestic birds or other prey. It brings forth upwards of a dozen at a birth, which at first do not weigh above a grain each. They adhere to the teat instinctively, and continue attached to it till they are as large as mice and become covered with hair. The first or inner gestation lasts about six-and-twenty days, and the excluded young continue in the pouch nearly twice that term. Azara has seen them carried along by their mother, by means of their little tails, all twisted around that of their parent. Dr Harlan informs us that this species is sluggish in captivity, and by no means ferocious. It captures its prey by artifice rather than by chase ; and the tail being prehensile, or possessed of the power of grasping, enables it to suspend itself from the branch of a tree, from whence it sometimes falls upon and seizes its unsuspecting prey. When disco- vered, it
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