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Show :to. '[11w l'at which inhalJits tho Rocky mountains, JiJ e those on the borders of the Missouri, in the neighuourl\Ood or the mountain ', have the distinguishing traits of possess. iug a tail cove•·ccl with hail· like the other parts of the body: '.f1ICsc animals a1·c 1wobably of the same species with thosn of the Atlantic staics, which have not this characteristic distinction. the Ol'dinary house rat WC found Oil the Uanksof 1he ~lissom·i, as fat· up as the woolly country extends, an~ the J'at, such as has been tlcscrihcd, captain Lewis fouud iu the state of Gc01·gia, and also jn l\1adi. on's cayc in Vit·ginia. 20. 'J.'hc mouse "hich inhabil s this country :ll'c prccbcl the same with those which inlmhit the Lnitrd States. 21. 'J'hc mole. Thic;; animal dilfl'rs in no r espect from the species so common in the United States. " zz. The }llUlthcr is round indifl'crcuOy, citllCl' in the '{l'CCit plains or the Columbia, the western sitlr of the llocl\y mountains, or on the coast of the J,acific. IIc is the same ~ nhnal so well kno\\n on the Atla.utic coast, aml most com monty romHl on the f1·onth.·J·s, or unseUicll pads of our country. lie is very ~cldom found, and wit u found, so wal'y, it .is difficult to reach him with a. musket • .23. 'I'hc hare on this side or the Hocl\:y mountains inlJa. bits the great lllains or the Columbia. On the castmml ol' those mountains they iuhabi t the plains or the l\1issouri. 'J'hcy weigh ft•o• l seven to clcvra \)Otmcl s: the eye .is la.rgc anti prominent, the pupil of a. deep . ca-g•·ccu, oceupying one thit·d of the uialllclCL' of the rye; tlJc iris is of a b1•ight ycl· lowish and silve\' colout·; the cars arc placed far back, and very ncar each othc1·, which the animal can, with Slll'lll'isiog case and <juickncss, dilate, arHl throw fot·ward, ot· contt·act, ami hold upon his back at I,leasut•e: the head, neck, back, slloulc.let·s, thighs, ami outer part of the legs ami thigh arc of a lead colour: the sides, as they a1>proacb the beJly~ become gradually more white: the belly, breast, and inne1· 1,:wt of the legs and thighs arc white, witll a light shade of Up the ~lissow· . 1 ·ml colour: the tail is •·ound am\ bluntly pointed, covcrctl with white, son, fine ful', not quite so long as on the othcl. 11at·ts ol' the hocly: fhc hotly is <'overed with a deep, Jhll', soft , doso ful'. 'J'hc <•olom·s l1crc dcs<'l'ihed :we those whidt Hae animal assumes fl·om the mitldlc ol' April to the midcllc of November; the rest of the ~·cat· he is or a. }Hll'C " :hite, ex ccpt the b]a(!k and l'C'.ddish ht·own of the cal's, w~1i ch ~1cv t· {'hange. A few •·cc.lclish brown spots m·e sonH•hmcs Jutermixcd with the white, at this scas1m (Fcbt·ua•·y 26, 1806) on their heads and the uppc1· pat·t of I he it· ne<'ks am\ shoulders: the holly of the ani mal is smaller amllongcr in \ll'Oportiou to its height tlmn the raJJbit: when he rt~n s . he conveys his tail s(l•aight belaind, in the dircc~i~n o[ lt.1~ body: lto appears to I'un and houud with sm·pt·Jsmg agahty and <'asc: he is cxtrcm ·ly fleet, and never bunows ot• take.; shelter in the g•·otm<l whcm pursued. His teeth at·c like those of the rabbit, as is also his upper Jip, which i.; clividc tl :ts high as tlae nose. llis food is g1·ass, laet·bs, ancl itt win tcr he feeds much ou t.ltc b::wk or several at·omatic herbs .• gt·owing on the plains. Captain Lewis mcasurctl the lca11S of this animal, ami found thrm commonly fL·om eighteen to twenty-one feet: they arc gcnc1•al1y found sepal'atc, and arc never seen to associate in gt·eatct· numbet·s than two Ol' threl.". 2'1. The 1·abhit is the same witb those or our nwn conn tt·y, and arc found indifferently, either on the p1·ail'ics or the woodlands, and arc not vc1·y abmulaul. .25. 'fhc polecat is also founcl in every pm·t of tlais couu . try: they arc vct•y abundant on some pat·ts of the Columbia, parHcularly in the ucighbQm·hood of the Great falls and narrows of tlmt river, wh J'c they live in the cliffs aJoug thP river, and feed on the offill of the Indian Jishing shot·es. They arc of' the same species as those found in 1hc othel' I>ar(s or N Ol'th America. The bir·ds which we have seen between the Rocky moun· tains ami the Pacific may he divided into two classes, the tcrcstrial anll the aquaOf': In th~ fot·m~r <'lasc; at\~ 1o he arrangr(l, |