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Show tra Lewis and Cla1·1~c's EXJJedilion t ogetbct•, there is but one cntranc(~ . They arc of great dq>th. and captain Lewis Olll'C pursuecl one to the depth or ten lect, and dill not reach 1hc end of the burrow. 'rhcy occupy, iu this manner, several hundred am·cs of g t•otmd, and wlaeu at rest thci t• po. ition is ~cnct·ally t~rcet on theit· hinder feet and rump: they sit with much conJhlenct', and btu·k at the intt·ml<'r as lte ap1woachcs, with a ft•(•tful ami ha t·mlcss intt•<•pidity. The note I'CSCillhlcs that or the little toy-dog: H1c yelps arc in quick and angt·y Stt<'crssion, at tented hy rapitl and convulsive motions, a.s if tlwy wct·r determined to sally fol'th in dcf\>nce of their frccholtJ. 'l'bcy rectl on the gl'ass or thl'il' village, the limits or which they neve•· venture to rxeec<l. As soon as the ft·ost comnwJH'cs, thCJ shut themselves up in tlwit• l'avf'l•ns, and continue until the SJll'ing otlcns. 'l'he flesh of this animal is not unplca sant to the taste. 17. SewelleJ is a name given by the natives to a smalJ anima) found in the timbct·ed eonutJ·y on this coast. 11 is mo••c abundant in the ucighboul'lwocl of the great falJ!) mul rallills of the Columbia than on the coast whidt we inhabit. rrhc natives xu.ake gt·eat usc of the skins of this animal in l'ol·ming thdt• l'OlJes, which they drrss with the fur on, and attaeh them together wHh sinews of the t.•lk or deer: the skin, when dressed, is from l'out·treu to ciooh tecn inches b long, and ft·om seven to uinc in width: the tail is always se1mrated from the skin t.y the native swhcn making their r obes. This animal mount'5 a tt·ee and burrows in the ground pt·eciscly like a squit·rd: the cars arc short. thin, and pointed, aud covc1·cd with a fine !Sbo•·t hail·. of a uni· form reddish brown: the hottom or the base of the long hairs, which exceed the fur but little in length, as well as the fur itself, are of a dat·k colour next to the skin fot' two thirds of the l ength of this animal: the fm· ami hair arc very fine, short, thickly set, and silky: the ends of the fnr and tip of' the hair are of a reddish brown, and that co)out· prefloJninates in the usual a\)peara.nee gftbc animal. Captain Up the MissoU1·i. 177 Lewis offered considerable rcwa1•ds to the Indians, but was never able to procure one of these animals alive. 18. 'rhe ln·aro, so called ft·om the },t·enrh cngngccs, ap~ peat'S to be an animal of the civet species, and much resembles the common badger. 'l'hesc animals inlmhit the open plains of the Columt.ia, sometimes those of tiJC Missouri, :md arc sometimes found in tlw wootls: they but·row in hartl :•Touuds with susprising case :tnd dextcl'ity, and will covet· ~lwmschcs in a ve1·y few moments: they lw.ve five long iixcd nails on each foot; those on the fore feet m·c much the Jongcst, ami one of those on {'ach hind foot is double, like that of the beavet·: thry wdgh from foul'lecn to eighteen pounds: the body is long in propot·tion to its thickness: the fot•c legs are rcmm·kably large, muscular, and arc forlllcd like those of the tm·nspit dog, atul, as well as the hind leg-s, arc short: these animals a.t•e hrond across the sltouldcl's and breast: the neck is shot·t, the mouth wide, ami furnished with sJmrp, straight teeth, both above ami below, with fouL' sl1arp, straight, pointed tus1.s, two in the nppct·, and two iu the lower jaw: the eyes m·e black and small ; whi. kcrs arc }Jlacrd in four 1wints on each side neat· the nose, aod on the jaws ncar the opening of the mouth: the cm·s a•·c sh ort, wide, aml oppt·csscd, as if a Jmrt had been amputated: the tail is four inches in length, the ha.it· or whicb is longest at the point ol'thc junction wHh the hody, and gt·owing shorter until it ends in an acute pohJt: the hait·s of the body are 1nuch shortct• on the sides and rump than those on any other part, which gives the body an ~ppat·cnt flatness, particularly when the animal rests UJWll his belly: the hair is upw:u·ds of' three inches in length, especially on the l'ump, where it extends so fat• towat·ds the point of the tail, it conceals the shape oflhat part, and gives to thew hole of' the hinder parts of the body the appearance of a right augled trian~le, or which the poh1t of the tail forms an acute angle: tbc small quantity of' coarse fur intermixed with the hair is of a reddish pale yellow. \' 0 Tu lT. .A. a. |