25 DECEMBER 1920, Page 16

THE HEDGEHOG.

[To THZ EDITOR OF THE " STIKTATOR.") SI11,—One of my pet hedgehogs used to inhabit a little house specially made for him, and spent the winter in it snugly curled up in a nest of hay and dead leaves that he collected himself. If during his winter sleep we disturbed him—as we sometimes did—by rolling him down to the entrance, the more easily to lay hold of his prickly person, he used to show his indignation by breathing loudly or snoring. I cannot remember hearing him make the noise at any other time, and believe it was done merely to show his annoyance at our treatment of him, but I do not think it could have been heard at a greater distance than a few feet away.—I am, Sir, de.,