. Illustrated natural history : comprising descriptions of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, insects, etc., with sketches of their peculiar habits and characteristics . Zoology. 100 VEETEBRATES. false reports, and been treated witli great cmelty on account of those fables. Eustics formerly believed that the poor little harmless creature paralyzed their cattle by running over them, and that the only way to cure the diseased animal was to place a bough of shrew-ash on the injured part. The shrew-ash was made by boring a hole into an ash-tree, and then plugging up in the hole a linng shrew-mouse.
. Illustrated natural history : comprising descriptions of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, insects, etc., with sketches of their peculiar habits and characteristics . Zoology. 100 VEETEBRATES. false reports, and been treated witli great cmelty on account of those fables. Eustics formerly believed that the poor little harmless creature paralyzed their cattle by running over them, and that the only way to cure the diseased animal was to place a bough of shrew-ash on the injured part. The shrew-ash was made by boring a hole into an ash-tree, and then plugging up in the hole a linng shrew-mouse. By the same process of reasoning a shrew cat in half, and placed on a wound supposed to be caused by its bite, was considered a certain remedy. The Water Shrew frequents brooks and clear running ditches, in the banks of which it lives. It swims and dives with great ease, and when under water appears as if it had been speckled over its entire surface with silver, from the bubbles of air which adhere to its fur. It eats the grubs of various aquatic insects, digging them out of the muddy banks with its snout. The Mole, without being blind, has such small eyes, and these so concealed, that it was formerly supposed to be able to make. little use of the sense of sight; but it is now known that its eyes possess all the qualities necessary to distinct vision. It enjoys also. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Wood, J. G. (John George), 1827-1889. Philadelphia : Crawford & Co.
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