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ARCTIC ZOOLOGY.

[FROM TILL EDINBUItOII LI OAZLTTE.J
"%Ye wish to direct the attention of our readers to the
following very interesting scientific article. It is well
drawn up, and full of curious information, derived from
the recent visits, both over-land and by "sea, to the Arctic
shores :
IVERNERIAN SOCIETY.
At a meeting of this Society on Saturdat last 110th inst.) speci-
mens of the quadrupeds collected by Captains Parry and Franklin,
and Dr. Richardson, mite exhibited and an account of the animal'
collected during the over-land antic expedition was road by that
intrepid and intelligent fellow.trareller of the celebrated Captain
Franklin, Dr. Richardson. It Is understood that the University of
Edinburgh has the first selection from these present collections, a
preference which must be highly gratifying to all those who take
an interest in the Scottish national collection, and which, we
believe, has been secured to this Calvet/site, not only from the
justice of compensating to her for having had only the second
choice out of former collections, but also as a tribute due to the
celebrity of our Professor of Natural History, who is unquestion-
ably the most eminent in that branch of science of all British
naturalists. They specimens were not all comprehended in the
Memoir read by Dr. Richardson, but he knew them all, and very
obliglogly answered several questions pinposed to him, relative
to those animals which had been collected in the naval arctic ex-
pedition.
An account of two or three of the quadrupeds collected during
the overland arctic expedition had been read to•thtgociety on a
former day, and Dr. Richardson took up the Memoir from the
place where it had been broken off. Ile began with the Wolverine,
an animal_stryingly allied .to the Fox, Wolf, and Dog tribe ; he
disc:ailed tititeapposesitly intermingled clams of animals at consider-
able Issagil4 *bomb In as. low a tone of voice, that we had a goad
deal of difficulty, at first, in hearing what he said. Amongst other
things, we particularly noticed a circumstance which he related
respecting the mode in which the Arctic dogs hunt an animal,
which, from its size, they may be afraid of attacking. They ap-
proach it gradually and cautiously in a semicircle: if the animal
show no symptoms of fear, they pause; if, on the contrary, it ap-
pear terrified, they drive it about till it is exhausted, when they
attack it, and easily overcome it.
The hair of the Wolverine was dirk brown, long, and wiry ; on
the sides, near to the tail, it had a yellowish tinge. The tail was
short, and furnished with longer hair ; the cars short.
The next animal described by 1)r. Richardson was the Arctic
Fox. Of this species three specimens were produced, to show the
varieties in the colour and appearance of the Fox, at different pe-
riods of the year. The winter clothing of these animals is white ;
and Dr. Richardson observed that this alteration happened, not
front a change of the hair, but front a change of its celotir. In
winter the soles of the feet of this animal are covered with a thick
coat of hair, which, by some naturalists, seems to have been consi-
dered to be a sufficient chiracteristic to constitute a specific dif-
ference between the Arctic and the more southerly Fox. We
should, however, regard it only as forming a variety, not a spe-
cies, in the same way as the feathery-legged Bantam Chanticleer
is only a variety of the naked-legged, Highlander-like, Common
fowl.

The skins of these Foxes form a valuable and considerable arti-
cle of commerce.
The next animal mentioned by Dr. Richardson was the mouse
several specimens were placed on the table. These mice are about
the sae of our common Hanoverian rat ; the body. looks round and
fat, the bead is roundish, the snout not being pointed, as in our
mice ; the Beet are short ; but the most remarkable feature which
characterises this mouse is its tail : this member, so prominent
and conspicuous a one in all the rat and mouse family (whether in
town or country), with which we have hitherto been acquainted,
is moat particularly short in the mouse of Hudson's Bay ; in
short, it seems rather to have been appointed for the purpose
of shewing the spit to which tails are usually affixed, and by way
of an apology for the absence of that lengthy app,radam than
to have been intended for one. This mouse much- raiemlas the
mole, in the shape and site of the body and tail, but not in any
other particulars.
Dr. Richardson stated that, occasionally, very numerous bodies
of these short-tailed mice were seen travelling over the lee, and
darkening it in large spots ; for what purpose, er in what direction
they were ambling, we did not learn ; but it is probable that want
of food occasions sach migrations. Similar excursions have been
I noticed in other places.
The next animal presented to the attention of the Society was a
species of Marmot, called Arctomys Parryil. This was every beau- '
taut little animal, with a body somewhat larger than that of our
common squirrel. The colour of the fur was a light bream, 'Ridy
but thickly spotted over the back with white indistinct meta.-'Pie
eyM were large And prominent ; the heed rather roundish. In Its I
I stomach, at one period of the year, were found the fruit of the man-
berry t at loather, the seeds eta polygonnm, and some other seeds.
Its ay. aeasewhat reassisbles the sound of a watchman's male; and
the tisquitnaux call it the " Sic Sic," a name formed byan attempt
to convey a notion of the sound ejaculated by the creature; in the
same way as was adopted, if we remember rightly, by Aristophains,
in his imitation of the songs of frogs In their springtide water parties
—" Ko-ax, karat." This animal, when alarmed, spreads out the
hairs of its tail, which is about three inches long.
Doctor Richardson thou proceeded to the Cirrus Tarandia (the
Reindeer) ; and described a greater variety in the growth and shape'
of the horns than we had any
.previous idea of. The growth of
these excrescences, In most animals, appears to be regulated by
established awe, and the horns, from sire to son, assume the same I
shape and fashion. in this species of deer we are informed that
our travellers observed ray considerable variations id that ex-
traordinary ornament. The rein-deer is. so well known in this
country mice Mr. Bullock's exertions to procure and exhibit
them, that we need not say any more about it. One pa-
tina:A we cannot omit, which belongs more especially to
the science of gastronomy, though it is not yet publicly
known in this country, sew even in France, so celebrated for her
' program In this study. But were it known, we fear that it could
not be conveniemtly practised in Great Britain, in consequence of
the immense expense of importing the animal alive. In detailing
the uses of the Rein-deer, Dr. Richardson told his audience that
the mattes used every part of the body as food ; and that they
carried their epicurism so far as to eat the contents of the stomach.
They seemed to imagine diet the lichens which had been mad-
cat.ed by the deer, and partially decomposed by the action of the
gastric juitte of this most interesting animal, were thereby rendered
more 6t, proper, and digestible for the use of man. Charms a
son gout I
Dr. Richardson then named a very singular fact relative to the
period of these animals shedding their horns. It would appear that
the most usualeason for their sustaining that loss is the autumn ;
but he said that some of them had been observed to retain their
borne so late as February, and if we mistake not very much, some
examples were not wanting of their continuing till May.
The Musk Ox was the next quadruped, with an account of
which the Society was favoured by Dr. Richardson. When a herd
of these "Month is Sad at, if the huntsman keep himself well
concealed, they imagine the noise to be thunder, and crowd close
together; but if by the excellence of their smell, which sense they
in great acuteness, or by other means, they discover a
posses
being, they immediately disperse. It occasionally happens
that a wounded Musk Ox will turn on the hunter and endeavour to
cake a'very violent attack on him ; in this case the hunter will be
perfectly safe, if, with a little activity and much presence of mind,
he starts on one side, and takes the opportunity of stabbing the
disappointed ox ashe rages past him.
In speaking of the Musk Rat (which did not form a part of Dr.
Richardson's Memoir), he said that he supposed the musky odour
to be emitted fmm all parts of its skin ; and that it was only at
particular periods of the year that the animal was observed to have
a very strong scent. This rd Is nearly as large as our common cat,
and must indeed be a most formidable inmate of any house, if its
habits were like those of our common rat, and its resolution in.
creased in proportion to the size.
two specimens of White Hare were shown ; one from Scotland,
the other from the Arctic Regions. They were exhibited together
for the purpose of allowing the comparisons to be made. The
latter specimen was rather larger than the Scottish variety ; in
graffiti it was a stouter-made animal; the tail was longer and
larger • the face appeared more full; the ears thicker and more
covered with fur; the fur itself was much thicker all over the
body; it seemed also to be rather longer, and was, beyond all
comparison, finer and softer. It would be undoubtedly one of the
most valuable white furs that could be brought into the market, if
it could be procured in sufficient abundance to form an object of
commercial enterprise. We understand that our countrymen have
scarcely yet reached the country where this valuable species of
White flare exists in abundance.

Several other animals also, not included in the account written
by Dr. Richardson, were produced, fur the purpose of hearing such
observations from that distinguished travaler as his experience
might enable him to make; but as we must uofortunately hasten
to conclude this article, we are under the necessity of passing them
over in silence.

Wc hear that Dr. Richardson will. in proceeding with this sub-
ject, read an account of die fishes collected by our distinguished
countrymen in the Polarßegions, at the next niecetingof thesociety.

CAPTAIN LYON.

Friday last the freedom of the city of Chichester was presented
to Captain Lyon in due form. It was inclosed in a box of oak,
being a piece taken from his .Majesty's ship Ilecla, which that in-
trepid of icer commanded in the late voyage under Captain Parry's
orders. The box is lined with gold, and ornamented with several
handsome and appropriate devices. In the lid is the following
inscription :
Presented Jan. 16, 1224,
Dy the Mayor, Aldermen, and Citizens of Chichester,
To GEORtiE FRANCIS LYON, EMI.
Captain in the Royal Navy,
In testimony of their admiration
Of the zeal, perseverance,
And spirit of enterprise
Displayed by him
In his Travels in Northern Africa,
And in the late I'oyage to the Polar Seas,
In search
Of a North-West Passage.