
3öfc Quadrupeds q f Ceylón.
was tó- asceifam-thè
#ië!itÿfcô£ this circumstance!. | The iohneumon;-- procured for-.^he
purgosij’ wàs fi^st Bte^w/thfe -sn&e in-ia «ilo^e -reonfe r£br being
le t dowrrto thev-groóndybei did • not she# any #diiattffl4wl»fe-r
%sdi to t^ ta e f e lïè îï enemy, but :ran prying, about , %,e room; < to
ji^èi^ êt’^ïhtiaere sras any> liSë
get4 dut. On- finding’ hortë,’ hd !teturned ■ hastil^yto bis master;
and placing; bifkself in : his bosom, cöuMmöt by ;any|tmeans:&j3e
Miaeéêifidi'qnit ' it, qr fade the ’<snake.u On-being; carried , out
fft house, however, and -• lai d down mear < .bis*? fôâte^<miàiîfin
a,nf b|fenr^kióe, ho instantly; Sewiiat. tl|e snake and soon dd#-?
.#oÿed it. ’ H e tt e n buddénljfMmppëaffed^'for a -few minutes;
•and again returned as soon | as*?dio ! bad | found thé ï -bcElx >aîîd<;(i^t
'th is useful instinct impels the- animal -te dinve reSote-se
ito'^thb herb Mi # Pith* a
isnake, whether poiscnaous or inot. nv Th© dönéyemploy ©d tNM$p
experirnept Vas of the harmless- kind,’
purpose-
Tbe flormouse; or.. flying-fox; dike; the bat, partakesj:>e£.#’the
ippeai-Aed both h f the bird* : and quadruped ; and i.ts nape**.#
^riveêafirôte:ù>^î^SB8fc',TôÈHBWaBfibv<tfi its jheagtt^and bpdy;it©
ihe !fox. Its body dis about the ;size df an ordinary te a fe fh e
wirigi%hert extended'measure from ffcéfitópeöï •
of thé Other- upwards of six, feet ;■ andrMhe length. ÓS the,-' animal
from fhêduose ;‘to - thè tail;: of 'which.lit hasrt^r©^^lte'in|>mfe OS
about two f&m ’ T hé flonnouse lives in the woods; i and epetebes
onf tb es tó ll^ t' fréesüy- While asleep Or indctMe
suspend 'themselves by the feet from; th e branches-,. and.coptinue
to'drang in this manner as if . they were dead. <.:The.'<.#ght i #
ilie season »of their activity: at that: time they fly about, with
Qtmdrupeàs o$ Çeylojf,. 303
a ' horrid boisé, and , whichvtheyfj ($n „cqmq
a t# To
fruit; tre#s3 ,hnd board,(sa
éontpiv.ed as teJ^lgp- td a e fb ^ < an^ ifrdg^tej ^ thep^ a way;, bwj
I<’iThe flyiirgr^x^.’i f l f i ^ s ^ h ^ ^da^v.^^dkoheHj, ft^ a b q n ^ bK .
$em»!> wdjpy^ iiiul',rs bvt?^ fimad , butwl;hq\f diSh, tL Jr< attack
u]ion it tall night, and minera) epat^ijoiur ,tli<;, thùdv^^ y yjk1
fign vdptei0r TlwttaBe ÀverAynumemus id ^ thj| » islandL1 and ,It have
^ftonhsM^dhemt aKfe^a.èrjifetampA, m JEur
a ope |gj|É|! ebooks m the jpeighkqm 1 'p(HUiWiit.( ^ ç a a ia u n o th
.ery^||flt was- mya ijbe^tion^t^have, ope, tp shipnejl
-dyea?f ifoj Europe, . and'fbfo. Ahi&^Tsmrpflgm ytj h a d k ilueriV; o-W op :c
hovered over jm | ^ ^ ig .W fb ° ; bgt
the* situ 11 l^ivso mtolejahlp .tJhdjt^L \\a,s nrrij)(i.vs^k\ J o ,}»Cf'CjLAe.
jit ^*g^n..;-jfqn.4hgj{§h§lt^ti}i^mt;- *m
~v Thgij.rats '..'are i-yefynpmerOjui^andjjjexnet «Jjjiig.1 vSj^tcuubleviuv^a
t-^lj^^tee-iSfiVera^irSp,qC^^|^Slde^fhoS|^.r.OTnrrinn fin ^.n,rr>jU- Æ ,'
most, observable affi-^éboj ^ Qfe%W^sÖ1%?m^fefb%tis**andLthe
bapipr^OQ^. »The blpdTipt hv%-in fjt ^ ^ â d ^ , and .Wrowf^in
fehb Isprth like {the, mQi^&hiefl.v.abaut . the bank|*Qf r iw a . hike
'the mole ifef{#Mdnstinpt^ely JY^fledKtgi».,shjiintffh^ %e'
aground. | y | ai,|n,ejnbran^^hjqh h i ^
it f e o p g s expo|ed|t.to.>-j^e,,^ay%.of' ) h g ^ ;ia ^ ^ ^ o n J #tbis , i t ( de-
.riVesK h&f^&nier ^
W The» bandy-coqt^istJp%ilarge as piddAng-yy-ed^pal^tT^ i^ ly
as-ery thick .and roqnd, and the b e a d . CTRait.lvJesp.raM^o- tkb w .
a h o g , lt-a lso ^ a lc e sK .gruptmg tnqis^bke t^ha^t animal. ^ Whpgy
ïelosely pursued. or^ttacke'd,x ,the bandy-cpot f^ecqmçs!>5yery? fierce,
and . turns, ; furiously, on §ts, assailpnts>: