. A general history of quadrupeds : the figures engraved on wood . s of fruit. It lodges in holes in the walls, and brings forth five or fix young at a time. It has a ftrong odour, like a Rat •, and, like the FatSquirrel, remains torpid during the winter. *~5?« nmmiimv*i*f THE LESSER DORMOUSE, (Mus AvellanariiiSi Lin.—Le Mitfcarditiy BufF.) Is rather larger than the Moufe, of a tawny-red colour, with a white throat, and full black eyes. It lives in woods or thick hedges; makes its neft with grafs, driedleaves, or mofs, in the hollow of a tree, or tllfe bottomof a thick bufh, and brings forth t
. A general history of quadrupeds : the figures engraved on wood . s of fruit. It lodges in holes in the walls, and brings forth five or fix young at a time. It has a ftrong odour, like a Rat •, and, like the FatSquirrel, remains torpid during the winter. *~5?« nmmiimv*i*f THE LESSER DORMOUSE, (Mus AvellanariiiSi Lin.—Le Mitfcarditiy BufF.) Is rather larger than the Moufe, of a tawny-red colour, with a white throat, and full black eyes. It lives in woods or thick hedges; makes its neft with grafs, driedleaves, or mofs, in the hollow of a tree, or tllfe bottomof a thick bufh, and brings forth three or four young ata time. It lays up (lores of nuts, acorns and beans ; and re-tires at the approach of cold weather to its retreat;where it rolls itfelf up in a warm neft, made of foftmofs, &c. and remains in a torpid ftate during the con-tinuance of winter. The warmth of a funny day, or atemporary change from cold to heat, will fometimes re-vive it; but, after taking a little food, it foon relapfes in-to its former ftate. 394 HISTORY OF THE FLYING SQUIRREL, {Scmrus Volansy Lin.—Le Poidatouche^ BufF.) Is peculiarly diftinguiflied by a membranous continua-tion of the fkin of the fides and belly, which extendsfrom thefore to the hind feet, and aflifts it greatly inmaking leaps from one tree to another, frequently at thediflance of twenty or thirty yards. Its head is fmall andround -, its eyes are full, vound, and black; and its earsfmall and naked. It is found in all the northern regions, both of the oldand new continents. It is more numerous in Americathan in Europe, is lefs than the common Squirrel, livesin trees, and fleeps in the day, but is extremely a£liveduring the night. In the a£l of leaping, the loofe ikin is ftretched out bythe feet; whereby the furface of the body is augmented,che animal becomes lighter in proportion to its bulk, the HISTORY OF QUADRUPEDS. 395 acceleration of its fall is retarded, and it appears to failor fly from one place t
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