New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-11-08

holes 70 ENJOY dew Of tie evening" as every hshsr
man wen kn0 90. ne came out m osy1ue, no w4 S
hnd no Wo ms, and ou; very few beeues, even ~
were 70 ,ook for then, which, by the bye, he "9Iu
have sSne difficulty IN doing, his eyes ara Of datA
color and more suited r .wilgn, than sunshine Inc
Esabe, the contrary comes eut only IN tne nest ol
the day. 70 bak In the sun, hunt III the shade OF te
long grass for frogs these animals are therefore not
very likely TO come across one sn0ther still such
thing Is possible, and does, we believe occasonany
happen--the rencontre taking place between an early
hedgehog and late snake. The hedgehog IS, PR err
ceeRce one of the scaveDgers Of our helds and al
thouOb his staupobest supporters may not be able TO
clear him from the foul stain OF OCCASIONALLY lnduigmS
in pheasaIts egg, garbage ana animal reiuSe lorih
his general repast seasoned with infects. IL Is very
probable too that the hedgehog approprates to 6lm-
self the wounded game. After day covert shootlog
many wounded pheasant, hare and rabbit, MORALLY
struck escapes from the dogs and the beaters to retire
into some quiet hopgpace to die; the hedgehog mas
them out and If half dead performs an act OF mercy IN
putting them out of their misery If he finds them quite
dead he is saved his trouble and makes good supper
devouripg that which would shortly become putrd,
and do harm to the remaining living inhabitants OF the
covert.
of the hedgehog as well in the size the male beng
longer and darker. Both are tainted with decided
musky SMELL and the exuvie Of the hedgehog can al
ways be distinguished by this peculiar odor some
wears ago. when routing about an Old ruined castle,
Situated in the center of pine forest in Germany,
discovered among the ruins fine specimen, which IL
Illustrated the above statement. Many naturalist has
since been puzzled with our specimen.
The baby hedgebogs are The funniest llttle thipes
possble they are born covered with tiny spnes which
are quite soft almost like hair Ii touched their nat
ura instinct prompts them 10 curl up This they cam
not do as the beautiful yet complicated set OF muscles
whereby they are enabled TO perform this operation
are developed till the spines acquire come degree
of hardness.
A female hedgehog was bought from boy few
weeks ago. in the neighbOrhood of Oxford, and placed
in basket: in a shor time four baby hedgehogs made
their appearance; but their cruel mamma deyoureu an
her progeny, leaving not bone or bristle IL ap-
pears however that her meal di'agreed with her, for
she shortly afterward died herself her children not
agreeing with her parental stomach.
The bJiste of the hedgehog, if cut across, VIII be
found to be quite hollow the walls are formed OF
hard horny substance and the interior Is hied Win
sort of pitchas piih lies in stem OF elder IL Il, IN
fact, nothing than magnificent human mar; ana
human hair, under the microscope, looks very mucn
like hedgehogs briste when viewed with the naked
eye We know only Of two uses 10 which the hedge-
hogs spiny coat is put by his enemy, man. Coachmen
will sometimes tie hedgabogs skin on to the pole OF
the carriage to prevent Sinking horse from leaning
against il; and we have seen the single splnes USED Dy
the German professors of anatomy, TO pin out dlssec-
tons of nerves and muscles. These preparations are
often placed in bottles containing corrosive llnd ana
were the pins used made Of metal, they would shortly
corrode ar spOil the preparation. In the hedgehogs
bristles they have iDgeniously found natural pm
which serves the purpose admirably. nave olten
wondered they have never been made use OF by En-
glish ladies. The North American squaws ornament
baskets, mocsssns, &c., with porcupines brstles and
hedgehOgs' bristles not very unlike them.
The volume contains an abundance Of similar
fluent talk on the ways of various animals, both fish
and fowl, about which the author always gOssps TO
his own intense satisfaction, and usually to the
entertainment of his readers.