Picture No | 10184934 |
Date | 1790 |
Description | SHREW (BEWICK) |
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sorex araneus : Bewick terms it 'shrew- mouse', Buffon 'la musaraigne'. 'It has so strong and disagreeable a smell that the Cat, after she has killed, refuses to eat it.' So do I.
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Source | Wood engraving by Thomas Bewick in his General History of Quadrupeds, 1790 |
Credit | Mary Evans Picture Library |
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