. Les [microform]. Histoire naturelle ; sciences naturelles. 80 NATUnAL l'histoire. C'est II bon nageur, et peut passer d'une banque à l'autre, ou de la rive d'une île, et lorsque les champs arf inun- daté par les inondations qu'il peut se sauver à la nage. La construction de l'habitation de la mole est très smgular et intéressant. Chaque mole a sa propre habitation et terrain de chasse, et ne permettra pas que des étrangers pour abuser de ses conserves, qui il garde, non pas par " l'homme-pièges et Bprin&Lt ;'-guns, mais par ses propres griffes et dents. Afin de construire une forteresse, le mo

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. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Natural history; Sciences naturelles. 80 NATUnAL HISTORY. It is II good swimmer, and can pass from bank to bank, or from the shore to an island, and when the fields arf inun- dated by floods it can save itself by swimming. The construction of the mole's habitation is very smgular and interesting. Each mole has its own habitation and hunting ground, and will not permit strangers to trespass upon its preserves, which it guards, not by " man-traps and Bprin<'-guns, " but by its own claws and teeth. In order to construct a fortress, the mole selects a secure place, as the foot of a tree, or the side of a high bank It then throws up a heap of earth, which it presses firmly to- gether, as within this mound its fortress has to be made. It commences by running a circulai- gallery near the summit ot the moimd, and another larger one near the bottom. Ihese two giilleries it connects by five descending passages. In the very centre of the mound, and at the level of the ground, it now di<^ a circular hole, which it connects with the upper eallery''by three ascending passages. Lastly, it makes a number of passages from the lower gallery, and connects the circular chamber with the largest of them, or high road, by a passa<vethat first bends downwards, and then rises into the liigh road a little outside the large gallery. In the circular chamber the mole sleeps, and can escape into the high road either by the upper gallery or by the road from the bottom of its dormitory. , , . j i Moles vary in colour, the usual tint being a very deep brown, almost black, but they have been seen of an orange colour, and a white variety is not uncommon. Those who have watched its habits state that it alternately works and rests at intervals of three hours. There are several moles known, —the Shrew Mole, the Changeable Mole, the Cape Mole and the Star-nosed Mole, tu-e the most conspicuous.. Please note that these images are extracted f

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