A book of the United States : exhibiting its geography, divisions, constitution and government ..and presenting a view of the republic generally, and of the individual states; together with a condensed history of the land ..The biography ..of the leading men; a description of the principal cities and towns; with statistical tables .. . PhiladelphiaMuseum in company with its foster mother, a common cat, which had adopted andappeared to be very fond of it. She continued to nurse the little fox for several weeks,LUch affectionate solicitude when he wandered from her, notwithstandingratefol bites
A book of the United States : exhibiting its geography, divisions, constitution and government ..and presenting a view of the republic generally, and of the individual states; together with a condensed history of the land ..The biography ..of the leading men; a description of the principal cities and towns; with statistical tables .. . PhiladelphiaMuseum in company with its foster mother, a common cat, which had adopted andappeared to be very fond of it. She continued to nurse the little fox for several weeks,LUch affectionate solicitude when he wandered from her, notwithstandingratefol bites inflicted by her vicious foundling. How long this singulai rel lit have continued, or to what result it would have led, is unknown. The fox strayed too far from his cautious nurse, fell from the platform of a tall stair-rase to the ground, and was killed ; the poor cat evinced as much sorrow for her loss asif it had been really her own offspring. PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY. 183 Opossum.—This animal is found in the southern parts of the UnitedStates, and is easily distinguished from all others by two peculiarities : thefirst is, that the female has a cavity under the belly in which she receivesand suckles her young; the second is, that the male and the female haveno claws on the great toe of the hind feet, which is separated from the. Virginia Opossum. others as a mans thumb is separated from his fingers. The opossum pro-duces often, and a great number of young at a time. It walks awkwardly,and seldom runs ; but it climbs trees with great facility, and hangs fromthe branches by means of a very flexible and muscular tail. Thoughvoracious and greedy of blood, it also feeds on reptiles, insects, sugar-canes,potatoes, and even leaves and bark of trees. It may be easily domesticated ;but its smell is strong and offensive, though its flesh is eatable, and muchliked by the Indians. So tenacious is it of life, that it has given rise toa saying in North Carolina, that if a cat has nine lives,
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