. A general history of quadrupeds : the figures engraved on wood . THE WATER SHREW-MOUSE,(La Alufaraigne d^Eau^ BufF.) Is larger than the laft. The upper part of its body isblack; the throat, breaft, and belly, of a light afh colour.—It is rarely to be feen; frequents the banks of rivuletsand marfliy places, where it burrows. It is very numerous in Lincolnfhire, but was never ob-ferved there till about twenty years ago.—It is called, inthat country, the Blind 426 HISTORY OF QUADRUPEDS.

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