. The fur traders and fur bearing animals. Fur trade; Fur-bearing animals. Mole. 247 raised in a situation of safety and protection, either under a bank, against the foundation of a wall, at a root of a tree, or in some similar locality. The earth, of which the dome covering of this curious habitation is composed, is rendered exceedingly strong and solid by being pressed and beaten by the mole in forming it. It contains a circular gallery within the base which communicates with a smaller one above by five nearly equidistant pas- sages ; and the domicile or chamber is placed within the. Stab Mo
. The fur traders and fur bearing animals. Fur trade; Fur-bearing animals. Mole. 247 raised in a situation of safety and protection, either under a bank, against the foundation of a wall, at a root of a tree, or in some similar locality. The earth, of which the dome covering of this curious habitation is composed, is rendered exceedingly strong and solid by being pressed and beaten by the mole in forming it. It contains a circular gallery within the base which communicates with a smaller one above by five nearly equidistant pas- sages ; and the domicile or chamber is placed within the. Stab Mole. Common Mole. Gakden Mole. lower and beneath the upper circular gallery, to which last it has access by three similar passages. From the chamber extends another road, the direction of which is at first downwards for several inches; it then rises again to open into the high road of the encampment. From the external circular gallery open about nine other passages the orifices of which are never formed opposite to those which connect the outer with the inner and upper gallery; these extend to a greater or less distance, and according to De Vaux return, each taking an irregular semicircular route, and opening into the high road at various distances from the fortress'. Such is a very hasty description of this most singular structure; and nothing surely can be imagined more admirably calcu- lated to ensure the security or the retreat of the inhab- itant than such an arrangement of internal routes of communication as this. The chamber communicating. 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 Petersen, Marcus, 1854-. Buffalo, N. Y. , Hammond Press
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