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Show 172 Lew1s aml Vla,.hc's l~xpcditwn their J-OUilg' arc often scrn of a <'J'cam-coloured white about the nose. cyrs aiHl foJ'elacall, and which arc always much Jightet· than theit· othrr parts: thch· fm· is however much inferior to that ol' the full grown oHcr. 13. 'rhe mink inhabits t]u.~ woody conratry bot·dcl'ing Oll the coast. and docs not differ in any point from those of the United States. 1·~. Th<' seal aro found on this coast in great numbers, and as far up the Columbia rhrcr as the Great FaJI. , and none have been discovered beyond them. The skins of such as ca1>tain Lewis ~xamined, were covered with a shot·t, coarse. stiff, and glossy hair. of a reddish brown eolom'. This anima], wht•n in the water, appcare(l or a IJiack colour, and sometim(•s spoH<'d with white. 'Ve lwlieve that tft<'J'C m·e sc~ vera) spccif~S of tllis auima.l to be found in tlais country, but 've could not procu1·c a sufficient numhcr to make tl'c examination: the skins were precis('ly of the same kim] as our count•·ymrn Pmp1oy in the manufacture of tnmks. 15. The I'aC('Oon inhabif s "ootly count.t·ics bordering on the roast4 in <•onsid(>rablc numbers, and arc cau;;ltt l'y tlw natives with snares ot• pitfalls: th<'y hold their· skins in but little 01· no estimation, aml ' 'cry seldom make tltem into robf..'s. 16. 'The squit·J•els we have seen, at·c, 'rhe lat•gc gray squirrel. This animal appears to be au inhabitant of a narrow tract of countr·y, lvell covered witlt 'vhitcoak timber, and situated on tht• uppel' s.idc of the mountains just below Columbia falls. This animal we have only found in those t1·acts which have been covered with timber; for in countries where l'ine is most abundant, IJC docs not appear: he is much superior in size to the common gray squit·~ rei, and rcseruiJlcs in form, colour ami size, the fox squh•t•el oft he Atlantic states: the tail exceeds tl10 whole length of the body and the head: the eyes are dat·k, the whiskers long and black: tl1e baek sides of tlae head aud tail, and outward part of the legs, at·c an of a blue-coloured gray: the breast, Vp t1te .MissouJ•t. 17 .; belly, and inner part of the body, arc all of a pure \Thitc: the Jmir is short, like that of the fox squitTcl, though much Jinct', and inter·mixed with a }l01'tlon or fur. 1'hc natives hold the skin of this animal in high c timation, which they usc in forming their robes. lie subsist.· on the acorn ami lilbcrts, which last grows in gi'etti abumlaucc in the oak counh·y. 'I'he small gray squirrel is common to every part ofthe .Rocky mountains where timber abounds. He differs ft·om the dark b1·own squirrel in colout• only. The bad" sides, neck, head, tail and outer sitle of th<' legs, arc of a brown .. ish lead-coloured gray: Hac tail is slightly tonche(l with a dark rcddi h colour, ncar tlte extremity of some of t.lto hairs: the throat, bl·cast, hcJiy, and inner pa•·ts of the legs, arc of the colour ol' a tatu1crs' oo~··, aml have a nat'row strip of black, commencing behind each should<•t·, and entering longitudinally about three inches, bet wc<m the colours of the sides and belly. Their habits arc {li'Cciscly those of the tlark brown squil·rel, and like them they are exb·cmcly nimble and active. rrhcrc is also a species of squil'l'el, evidently distinct, which we have denominated the butTowing squit·rel. II(' inhabits these plains, and somewhat resembles those found on the Missouri: he measuL'CS one foot ami five inches in length, ofwhieh the tail comprises two and a hair inches only: t.he neck and legs arc short; the cars at·c likewise shot·t, obtusely pointed, and lie close to the head, and the aperture larger than will gcncraHy be found among burrowing animals. The eyes arc of a modCL·atc size, tlac pupil blacJ,, and the iris of a da1·k sooty brown: the whisl~ers a1·c full, long, and black: the teeth, aml, indcetl, the whole contour, resemble those ofthc squh·rel: each foot has five toes; the two inner ones of the fot•c feet arc remarkably shot·t, ancl a.rc equipped with blunt nails: the remaining toes on the ft·ont feet arc long, black, slightly curved, and sharply pointed: the hair of tbe tail is thickly inserted on the sides onJy, which ghrcs |