. The Canadian naturalist [microform] : a series of conversations on the natural history of Lower Canada. Natural history; Sciences naturelles. nua AT or ST. 20: Icnown thorn caught in Juno, and as late as tlie last -"'f Sop- tcmber. A friend of mine, once working in liis field, felt something between his trowsers and his tliigh, whioii proved to be a deer-mouse, having run up his log; he caught it, and gave it to me. It appears to become torpid during winter : my friend, Mr. H. Bill, has informed me that once, when digging up earth to cover a potato pit, he exposed two deer- mice in a li


. The Canadian naturalist [microform] : a series of conversations on the natural history of Lower Canada. Natural history; Sciences naturelles. nua AT or ST. 20: Icnown thorn caught in Juno, and as late as tlie last -"'f Sop- tcmber. A friend of mine, once working in liis field, felt something between his trowsers and his tliigh, whioii proved to be a deer-mouse, having run up his log; he caught it, and gave it to me. It appears to become torpid during winter : my friend, Mr. H. Bill, has informed me that once, when digging up earth to cover a potato pit, he exposed two deer- mice in a little cavity, about eight inches below the surface of the ground : they were stiff and motionless, Init were sleek, and did not appear dead. He carried tlu-m into his house, and in the warmth they revived. There was no aji- pearance of a nest, nor any hoard. It was late in the season, as the ground was partially frozen : proljably in the month of NovemlK-r. â -â ^^^MM ^m'^s. ; DEEU-MOISE. (Cr'erbil/un Cit/tiuloisin.) ('. â I perceive a large green gi*asshoppor abundant among the grass, which I have not observed before. F.â This is more properly a Locust: I bolievc those N -J. 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 Gosse, Philip Henry, 1810-1888. London : J. van Voorst


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