. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Mammals; Natural history; Mammifères; Sciences naturelles. lltDOKIlOG.â/w iiida'iid /â .Ki-ojiinM, \ ati>r. The Iledg. 'log, fearing that it is going to be drowned, straiglitway unrolls itself, and iiuiiiediately iiounced on by the ciiiiiiiiig ibx, which crushes its bead with a single bite, and eats it afterwanls at leisure. In America, the puma is said to eat the Hedgehog in a very CO' .us manner. Seizing tlm animal by the head, it gradually draws the animal throuuii ' teeth, swallowing tli" body and strii)ping otf the skin. Idan, ho
. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Mammals; Natural history; Mammifères; Sciences naturelles. lltDOKIlOG.â/w iiida'iid /â .Ki-ojiinM, \ ati>r. The Iledg. 'log, fearing that it is going to be drowned, straiglitway unrolls itself, and iiuiiiediately iiounced on by the ciiiiiiiiig ibx, which crushes its bead with a single bite, and eats it afterwanls at leisure. In America, the puma is said to eat the Hedgehog in a very CO' .us manner. Seizing tlm animal by the head, it gradually draws the animal throuuii ' teeth, swallowing tli" body and strii)ping otf the skin. Idan, however, troubi . liimsi If very little about the Hedgehog's prickles, and when dispo-ed to such a diet, ivills, cooks, and eats it without hesitation. The legitimate nn le of pr" ding ^ to kill the animal by a blow on the liead, and thou to envelop it, without i iig ilu' inn, in a thick layer of well-kneaded clay. The .â¢11 wrapped Hedgehog is then \ih' d on the fire, being carefully turned by the cook at proper intervals, and there remain^ until the clay is perfectly dry and begins to crack. When this event has laken i^l lee, the cooking is considered to be complete, and the aninia ^ removed from the fire. The clay covering is then broken olf, and carries away with it I he whole of the skin, wdiicli is adherent liy means of the prickles. By this mode are preserved, and the I- of cookery the jui cxcctlont. T'lis primitive but admirable form of cookery i and 'her wander, rs, as in these days tlu'ro are comk': . \v civilized persmis who wuuid iiow'i ^er, can render tin; creature their kitchens. Its inseet- st useful in^ tbitant of the (Icvourliig powers are of such a nature tliat it ciiii be maile linH" , and set in charge of the " tilack ;' It is domesticated witlumt the least litUculty, and .speedily makes itself at home, if it be only .supplied with a warm bednssess no sm; i aiiioun' of nalities in order to destroy them so easily. A Hedge
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