The re There are when the British fleet under Sir Cloudesley Shovel, returning from an unsuccessful expedition against Toulon, mistaking these rocks for land, struck upon them. The Association, in which Sir Cloudesley was, with his lady's two sons, several other persons of distinction, and 800 brave men, struck first, and went immediately to the bottom: the Eagle, under captain Hancock, soon shared the same fate: the Romney and the Firebrand were also lost, but the two captains and twentyfive men were saved. The rest of the fleet escaped, having notice of the fate of these ships. There are five of these islands now inhabited. The largest of these is St. Mary's, which is two miles and a half in length, about one mile and a half in breadth, and between nine and ten miles in compass. On the west side there projects an isthmus. Beyond this there is a peninsula, which is very high; and upon which stands Star Castle, built in 1593, with some outworks and batteries. On these there are upwards of sixty pieces of cannon mounted; and for the defence of which there is a garrison. Under the castle barracks and lines stands Hugh Town, built so low as to be subject to inundations. A mile within land stands Church Town, which, besides the church consists of a few houses only, with a court house. About two furlongs east of this lies the Old Town, where there are more houses, and some of them very convenient dwellings. Treslaw lies two miles directly north of St. Mary's. It was formerly styled St. Nicholas's Island; and was at least as large as St. Mary's, though at present about half the size. mains of the abbey are yet visible. about ten stone houses, with a church, which compose the Dolphin Town; an old castle built in the reign of Henry VIII., called Oliver's Castle; and a block-house raised out of the ruins of that castle. This island is noted for producing plenty of the finest samphire, and the only tin works that are now visible are found in it. A mile to the east of Trescaw, and about two miles from the most northern part of St. Mary's, lies the isle of St. Martin's, not much inferior in size to that of Trescaw. St. Martin's produces corn, affords the best pasture in these islands, and feeds a great number of sheep. St. Agnes, which is also called the Light-house Island, lies nearly three miles south-west of St. Mary's: and is, though small, well cultivated, fruitful in corn and grass.-The only inconvenience is the want of good water; the great advantage consists in having several good coves or small ports, where boats may lie in safety. The light-house is the principal ornament and great support of the island, which stands on the most elevated ground, built with stone from the foundation to the lantern, which is fifty-one feet high. Brehar, or, as pronounced, Bryer Island, lies north-west of St. Mary's, and west of Trescaw, to which, when the sea is very low, they sometimes pass over on the sand. It is very mountainous, abounds with sea and land fowls, excellent samphire, and a great variety of medical herbs. The air of these islands is equally mild and pure; their winters are seldom subject to frost or snow. When the former happens it lasts not long; and the latter never lies upon the ground. The heat of their in their leather boats. The Romans were exceedingly desirous to obtain a share in this commerce, which the Phoenicians as carefully labored to prevent, by concealing their navigation to these islands. At length, however, the Romans prevailed; and Publius Crassus, coming thither, was so well pleased with the industry and manners of the people, that he taught them various improvements, as well in working their mines, which till that time were but shallow, as in carrying their merchandise to different markets. We find them called in the itinerary of Antoninus, Sigdeles; by Sulpitius, Sillenæ ; and by Solinus they are termed Silures. All we know of them after this period is, that their tin trade continued, and that sometimes state prisoners were exiled hither as well as to other islands. When the legions were withdrawn, and Britain with its dependencies left in the power of the natives, these islands shared the same lot with the rest. As to the appellation which from this period prevailed, the ordinary way of writing it is Sully; in records we find it spelt Silly, Silley, or Scilley; but we are told the old British appellation was Sulleh, or Sylleh, which signifies rocks consecrated to the sun. Nothing is recorded of them from the fifth to the tenth century. It is, how ever, supposed, that within this space they were almost destroyed by an earthquake, attended with a sinking of the earth, by which most of their lowlands, and of course the greatest part of their improvements were covered by the sea, and those rich mines of tin which had rendered them so famous swallowed up in the deep. They have a tradition in Cornwall, that a very extensive tract of country called the Lioness, in the old Cornish Lethousow, supposed to lie between that country and Scilly, was thus lost; and many concurrent circumstances render this probable. In reference to these islands, the case is still stronger; for at low ebbs their stone enclosures are still visible from almost all the isles. The fertility of the islands is mentioned in all the ancient accounts. There is mention made of a breed of wild swine, and the inhabitants had great plenty of fowl and fish. But, notwithstanding the fertility of the country, it was but thinly peopled, because they were liable to be often spoiled by French or Spanish pirates. In time of war, the importance of these islands is conspicuous. In 1651 Sir John Grenville took shelter in them with the remains of the Cornish cavaliers. The depredations committed by his frigates soon made it evident that Scilly was the key of the English commerce; and the clamors of the merchants thereupon rose so high that the parliament was forced to send a fleet of fifty sail, with a great body of land forces on board, under Sir George Ayscue and admiral Blake, who, with great difficulty, and considerable loss, made themselves masters of Trescaw and Brehar; where they erected those lines and fortifications near the remains of the old fortress called Oliver's Castle. But at length they granted Sir John Grenville a most honorable capitulation, as the surest means to recover places of such consequence. On the 22nd of October, 1707, several ships were wrecked on these rocks. It was thick foggy weather, and the night was extremely dark, summers is much abated by sea-breezes. They are indeed frequently incommoded by sea fogs, but these are not unwholesome. The soil is very good, and produces grain of all sorts (except wheat, of which they had anciently plenty) in large quantities. They still raise a little wheat, but the bread made of it is unpalatable. They eat, for this reason, chiefly what is made of barley. Potatoes prosper, and roots of all kinds, pulse, and sallads, grow well; dwarf fruit-trees, gooseberries, currants, raspberries, &c., under proper shelter, thrive exceedingly; but they have no trees. They have wild fowls of all sorts, from the swan to the snipe; and a particular kind called the hedge chicken, which is not inferior to the ortolan: also tame fowls, puffins, and rabbits, in great numbers. Their black cattle are small, but well tasted, though they feed upon sea-weed. Their horses are small, but strong and lively. They have also large flocks of fine sheep, whose fleeces are good, and their flesh excellent. St. Mary's harbour is very safe and capacious, having that island on the south; the eastern islands, with that of St. Martin, on the east; Trescaw, Brehar, and Samson, to the north; St. Agnes, and several small islands, to the west. Ships ride here in three to five fathoms water, with good anchorage. Into this harbour there are four inlets, viz. Broad Sound, Smith's Sound, St. Mary's Sound, and Crow Sound; so that hardly any wind can blow with which a ship of 150 tons cannot safely sail through one or other of them, Crow Sound only excepted, where they cannot pass at low water, but at high tide there is from sixteen to twenty-four feet in this passage. There are also two other harbours, viz. New Grynsey, which lies between Brehar and Trescaw, where ships of 300 tons may ride securely; and Old Grynsey, between Trescaw, St. Helen's, and Theon, for smaller ships. The former is guarded by the batteries at Oliver's Castle; the latter by the blockhouse on the east side of Trescaw, called Dover. In this harbour, and in all the little coves of the several isles, prodigious quantities of mackerel may be caught in their season; also soal, turbot, and plaice; and ling, which, from its being a thicker fish, inellower, and better fed, is very justly preferred to any caught nearer our own coasts. Salmon, cod, and pollock, are in great plenty, and pilchards in vast abundance. The alga marina, fucus or sea weed, serves to feed both their small and great cattle, manures their lands, is burned into kelp, is sometimes preserved, sometimes pickled, and is in many other respects very beneficial to the inhabitants. The civil government is administered by the court of twelve; in which the commander in chief, the proprietors' agent, and the chaplain, have their seats in virtue of their offices the other nine are chosen by the people. These decide or compromise all differences; and punish small offences by fines, whippings, &c.; except for the soldiers, there is no prison in the islands. But, in case of capital offences, the criminals may be transported to the county of Cornwall, and there brought to justice. The great importance of these islands arises from their advantageous situation, as looking equally into St. George's Channel, which divides Great Bri tain from Ireland, and the English Channel, which separates Britain from France. For this reason, most ships bound from the southward strive to make the Scilly Islands, to steer their course with greater certainty. It is very convenient also for vessels to take shelter amongst them; which prevents their being driven to Milford Haven, or some port in Ireland, if the wind is strong at east; or, if it blows hard at north-west, from being forced back into some of the Cornish harbours, or even on the French coasts. SCIMITAR, n. s. See CIMETER. A short sword with e convex edge. I'll heat his blood with Greekish wine to-night, Which with my scimitar I'll cool to-morrow. Shakspeare. SCINTILLATION, n. s. Lat. scintillatio. The act of sparkling; sparks emitted. He saith the planets' scintillation is not seen, because of their propinquity. Glanville's Scepsis. These scintillations are not the accension of the air upon the collision of two hard bodies, but rather the inflammable effluences discharged from the bodies collided. Browne. And bend the twilight round the dusky vault; Darwin. SCIO, the ancient Chios, an island of the Grecian Archipelago, thirty miles in length, from ten to eighteen in breadth, and ninety in circumference, composed of high mountains, which are rendered, by the industry of the inhabitants, very productive. The plain, extending for some leagues round the town, is celebrated for its extraordinary beauty and fertility. Here also are some quarries of a reddish freestone. The air is good, though, from its great communication with other places, it is much exposed to the plague. Corn raised is not sufficient for the consumption, and herbage is so scarce that they give their cotton shrubs to the cattle after the cotton is gathered, and preserve the dried leaves of the vines for them in winter. This want renders all animal food dear, except goat's flesh. See GREECE. Scio, the capital of the above island, situated in a shallow bay on its eastern coast. Here is a good road for the largest shipping, and a mole, which forms a tolerable harbour. The castle is a large Venetian fort, which has been used as a place of confinement for state prisoners. To the east of the present city is the Palaio Castro, or old town. The population is stated at 35,000. Long. 25° 54′ E., lat. 38° 23′ N. SCI'OLIST, n. s. Lat. sciolus. One who knows many things superficially. I could wish these sciolous zelotists had more judgment joined with their zeal. Howel. 'Twas this vain idolizing of authors which gave birth to that silly vanity of impertinent citations; these ridiculous fooleries signify nothing to the more generous discerners, but the pedantry of the affected sciolists. Glanville's Scepsis These passages were enough to humble the pre sumption of our modern sciolists, if their pride were not as great as their ignorance. Temple. SCIOM'ACHY, n. s. Fr. schiamachie; Gr. σκια and μαχη. Battle with a shadow. It should be written sciamachy. To avoid this sciomachy, or imaginary combat of words, let me know, Sir, what you mean by the name of tyrant ? Cowley. SCI'ON, n. s. Fr. scion. A small twig taken from one tree to be engrafted into another. Sweet maid, we marry A gentle scion to the wildest stock; And make conceive a bark of baser kind The scions are best of an old tree. Mortimer's Husbandry. SCIOPPIUS (Gaspar), a learned German writer of the seventeenth century, born at Neumark, in the Upper Palatinate, in 1576. He studied at the university, and, at the age of sixteen, became an author. He abjured the system of the Protestants, and became a Roman Catholic about 1559. He possessed all those qualities which fitted him for making a distinguished figure in the literary world; imagination, memory, profound learning, and invincible impudence. But he neither showed respect to his superiors, nor decency to his equals. Joseph Scaliger, above all others, was the object of his satire. That learned man, having drawn up the history of his own family, and deduced its genealogy from princes, was severely attacked and ridiculed by Scioppius. Scaliger in his turn wrote a book entitled The Life and Parentage of Gaspar Scioppius. This inflamed Scioppius still more: he collected all the calumnies thrown out against Scaliger, and formed them into a huge volume. He treated with great contempt James I., king of England, in his Ecclesiasticus, &c, and in his Collyrium Regium Britannia Regi, graviter ex oculis laboranti munere missum. He had also the audacity to abuse Henry IV. of France in a most scurrilous manner, on which account his book was burned at Paris. Provoked by his insolence to their sovereign, the servants of the English ambassador assaulted him at Madrid, and chastised him severely. For his furious assaults upon the most eminent men he was called the Cerberus of literature. He died on the 19th November, 1649, aged seventyfour, at Padua, the only retreat which remained to him. 400 books are ascribed to him, which discover great genius and learning. The chief of these are, 1. Verisimilium Libri IV. 1596, in 8vo. 2. Commentarius de Arte Critica, 1661, in 8vo. 3. De sua ad Catholicos Migratione, 1660, in 8vo. 4. Notationes Critica in Phadrum, in Priapeia, Patavii, 1664, in 8vo. 5. Suspectarum Lectionum Libra V. 1664, in 8vo. 6. Classicum belli sacri, 1619, in 4to. 7. Collyrium regium, 1611, in 8vo. 8. Grammatica Philosophica, 1644, in 8vo. 9. Relatio ad Reges et Principes de Stratagematibus Societatis Jesu, 1641, in 12mo. This last was published under the name of Alphonso de Vargas. 1 SCIOTO, a river of the United States, which rises in Ohio, near the sources of the Sandusky. Its course is east by south; and it passes by Columbus, Cocleville, and Chillicothe, and runs into the Ohio, at Portsmouth, in lat. 38° 34′ N., 352 miles below Pittsburg. It is navigable for large keel boats to Columbus, and for canoes almost to its head. There is a convenient portage between it and the Sundusky of four miles. SCIPIO, the cognomen of a celebrated family in ancient Rome, who were a branch of the Cornelian family, and by their bravery and other virtues rose to the highest honors in the republic. This surname was derived from scipio, a staff, because one of their ancestors had led his father when blind, and been to him as a walking staff. SCIPIO (Cnæus Cornelius), Asina, was consul A. U.C. 492, and 498. During his first consulship he was defeated in a naval battle, and lost seventeen ships; but in 493 he took Aleria, in Corsica, and defeated the Carthaginians under Hanno, in Sardinia, took 200 of their ships, and the city of Panormum in Sicily. SCIPIO (Cnæus), and SCIPIO (Publius), sons of Asina. In the beginning of the second Punic war Publius was sent with an army into Spain to oppose Hannibal; but, hearing that Hannibal had gone to Italy, he endeavoured by quick marches to stop him. Hannibal, however, defeated him near the Ticinus, where he would have lost his life had not his son (afterwards the famed Africanus) bravely defended him. He again went into Spain, where he gained several memorable victories over the Carthaginians and inhabitants. His brother Cnæus shared the command with him, but, though at first successful, their confidence proved their ruin. They divided their army, and soon after Publius was furiously assailed by the Carthaginians under Mago and the two Asdrubals. Publius was killed, and his army cut to pieces. The victors immediately fell upon Cnæus, from whom 30,000 Celtiberians had just revolted. He retired to a hill and defended himself bravely, but was overpowered by numbers. SCIPIO (Publius Cornelius), surnamed} Africanus, was the son of Publius. He first distinguished himself at the battle of Ticinus, as above mentioned; and, after the fatal battle of Cannæ, when some Romans proposed to abandon Italy to the victors, he made his countrymen swear eternal fidelity to Rome, and enact that the first who should repeat such a proposal should be put to death. So early as in his twenty-first year he was made ædile. On the slaughter of the Roman armies under his father and uncle, Scipio was sent to avenge their deaths; and within four years he expelled the Carthaginians from Spain, and reduced it to a Roman province. After these signal victories he was called home to defend Rome against Hannibal, but gave it as his opinion that Hannibal could only be conquered in Africa. On this he was elected consul and sent to Africa, where his conquests were as rapid as in Spain; the Carthaginians under Asdrubal were totally routed; and Hannibal called [home from the gates of Rome. These two great generals met soon after, but could come to no terms of agreement. The battle of Zama was therefore fought, where Scipio was so successful that 20,000 Carthaginians were killed, and as many made prisoners; while the Romans lost only 2000. Peace was demanded, and granted, but upon the most humiliating terms. On his return to Rome Scipio was honored with a triumph, and with the agnomen of Africanus. In the conquest of Spain a princess of uncommon beauty was taken prisoner. Scipio, hearing that she had been betrothed to a young Spanish prince, not only restored her inviolate to her parents and lover, but sent rich presents along with her. By his generous conduct he made not only that prince, but Masinissa, Syphax, and others, the friends of Rome. He married Emilia, daughter of the celebrated Paulus Æmilius, who fell at the battle of Cannæ; and died at his country seat at Liternum, about A. A. C. 181, aged only fifty-one. His widow raised a mausoleum to his memory, and placed upon it his statue with that of Ennius. The Romans venerated, when dead, the virtues of the man they were unjustly jealous of when living. SCIPIO (Lucius Cornelius), surnamed Asiaticus, was the brother of the preceding, and accompanied him in his expeditions into Spain and Africa. He was rewarded with the consulship for his services, A. U. C. 562: and was sent against Antiochus, king of Syria; whom, with the assistance and advice of his brother Africanus, he completely defeated in a battle at Magnesia, near Sardis, wherein Antiochus lost 50,000 infantry and 4000 cavalry, and soon after submitted. On his return to Rome, Scipio was decreed a triumph and the surname of Asiaticus, But, notwithstanding his victories and disinterest. ed conduct, Cato the censor accused him of having received money from Antiochus, which he had not accounted for. This produced an enquiry, and a prejudiced judge decided against Scipio and his two lieutenants. But, upon confiscating his property, the whole effects of Scipio did not amount to near the sum he was charged with. His friends and tenants, in this distress, made him liberal offers, which he generously declined. He was soon sent to settle the disputes between Eumenes and Seleucus, which he accomplished; and, on his return, the Romans, ashamed of their former injustice, rewarded his merits with such uncommon liberality, that Asiaticus was enabled to celebrate games in honor of his victory for ten successive days. He died about A. A. C. 170. SCIPIO (Publius Cornelius), Emilianus, the son of Paulus Æmilius, the conqueror of Perseus, was adopted by his cousin Publius Cornelius Scipio, the son of Scipio Africanus and Emilia. He first appeared in the Roman army under his father; and distinguished himself as a legionary tribune in Spain, where he killed a Spanish giant, and obtained a mural crown at the siege of Intercatia. Soon after he was made ædile, and elected consul, though under the usual age qualifying for these high offices. He was then sen to Africa to finish the third Punic war, which he carried on and completed, till he had accomplished the inhuman decree of Cato and the senate, by the total destruction of that city republic, and people, A. A. C. 147. Emilianus is said, in the midst of his victory, to have wept over the miseries of this unfortunate people; it had been better had he saved them. Another commission, equally horrible and bloody, the same Scipio was, a few years after this, employed by the senate to execute upon the brave but unfortunate inhabitants of Numantia in Spain; and which he executed with equal success and equal horrors, A. A. C. 133. For these conquests Emilianus was honored with two triumphs, and the double titles of Africanus junior, and Numantinus. Yet his popularity was short. He incurred the displeasure of the people by vindicating the murder of his cousin and brother-inlaw, their favorite, Tiberius Gracchus. He was afterwards accused by his enemies of aspiring to the dictatorship. Not long after he was found strangled in his bed; which was said to have been done by the triumviri, Papirius Carbo, Caius Gracchus, and Fulvius Flaccus, on account of his opposition to the Sempronian Law; and his wife Sempronia was accused of having admitted the assassins into his bed chamber. This murder was committed A. A. C, 128. SCIPIO (C. Cornelius, Nasica), was the son of Cnæus Scipio. He was at first refused the consulship, though supported by the interest of Africanus, but afterwards obtained it; when he was sent against the Boii, whom he conquered, and was decreed a triumph. He was also successful in an expedition into Spain. It is recorded to his honor, that when the image of the goddess Cybele was brought from Phrygia, the senate decreed, that one of their body, who was most eminent for purity of morals, should be delegated to meet the goddess at Ostia, and Nasica was appointed, as best suiting that character. Nasica also distinguished himself as an orator, and the friend of persecuted virtue, by his zeal in confuting the invidious calumnies invented against his relations Africanus and Asiaticus. SCIRPUS, in botany, rush grass, a genus of the monogynia order, and triandria class of plants, natural order third, calamariæ: glumes paleaceous, and imbricated all round: none, and only one beardless seed. Species sixty-seven, nine of which are common in the bogs and marshes of our own country. COR. SCIRRUS, n. s. Fr. scirrhe. This should be written skirrhus, says Johnson, not merely because it comes from oxippoç, but because c in English has before e and 'i' the sound of s. See SKEPTICK. An indurated gland. Any of these three may degenerate into a scirrhus, and that scirrhus into a cancer. Wiseman. How they are to be treated when they are strumous, scirrhous, or cancerous, you may see. The difficulty of breathing, occasioned by schirrhosities of the glands, is not to be cured. Id. Arbuthnot on Dist. Animal fat is a sort of amphibious substance, scissible like a solid, and resolvable by heat. ld. Nerves may be wounded by scission or puncture : the former way they are usually cut through, and wholly cease from action, Wiseman's Surgery. SCIURUS, in botany, a genus of the monogynia order, and diandria class of plants: CAL. quinquedentate: COR. bilabiated: the filaments are barren CAPS. five, and joined together: bivalved, unilocular, with one seed. Of this there is only one species, viz. S. aromatica, a native of Guiana. SCIURUS, in zoology, the squirrel, a genus of quadrupeds belonging to the order of glires. It has two fore-teeth in each jaw, the superior ones shaped like wedges, and the inferior ones sharp pointed. Some species of this genus are provided with hairy membranes extended from the fore to the hind legs, by which they are enabled to bear themselves in the air, when leaping from one tree to another; from this circumstance the genus is very properly broken into two subdivisions, distinguished by the want or possession of this membrane. The former are called sciuri scandentes, or climbing squirrels; the latter petauri, or flying squirrels. Mr. Kerr enumerates thirty-one species, and twelve varieties of the former; and eight species with two varieties of the latter. The following are the chief: 1. S. Abyssinicus, the Abyssinian squirrel, is of a rusty black color on the back; the fore feet and belly gray; the tail one foot and a half long. It inhabits Abyssinia. It is thrice the size of the common species; the nose and soles of the feet are flesh-colored. One was purchased by Thevenot in Arabia from an Abyssinian. It was good-natured and sportive; eat of every thing but flesh, and cracked the hardest almonds. 2. S. æstuans, the Brasilian squirrel, is of a dusky color, tinged with yellowish on the upper part of the body; the inside of the legs and belly yellow, with a white stripe along the middle of the belly; the tail is round and annulated with black and yellow. They inhabit Brasil and Guiana. The ears are plain and roundish, the fur soft, the head and body eight inches, the tail ten. 3. S. albipes, the white-legged squirrel, has ears slightly tufted with black hair; the head, upper parts of the body, sides, and toes, reddish brown; the under parts and legs white, as well as the face, nose, under side of the neck, inside of the ears, breast, belly, fore legs, and inside of the hind thighs; the tail is long and covered with dusky hair, much shorter than in the common species. They inhabit Ceylon. 4. S. anomalus, the Georgian squirrel, is of a yellow color, mixed with dusky on the upper parts and tail; the under parts a dull tawny; the ears plain and rounded, flame yellow, whitish within; the circumference of the mouth is white; the tip of the nose black; the cheeks tawny; the whiskers and region of the eyes dusky. This species is larger than the common squirrel; they inhabit Georgia in Asia. 5. S. bicolar, the Javan squirrel, has the upper parts of the body black, the under tawny; the the ears are plain, hairy, and sharp pointed. thumbs are provided with large round flat nails; The head and body are about a foot long; the tail is a foot, tipt with black; the under parts are light brown; the hind feet black; the claws on the fore feet sharp, except the nail on the fifth toe; the thumbs are very short. They inhabit Java. 6. S. Capensis, the Cape squirrel, is of a pale ferruginous color on the upper parts of the body, mixed with black; with a white line from the shoulder, along each side; the tail is black in the middle, and hoary at the sides; the ears are scarcely apparent, whence M. Pennant calls it the earless dormouse. This species never climbs trees, but burrows in the ground, forming a warm nest, with a round hole; in which it lodges, closing up the orifice. It feeds on bulbous roots, especially potatoes; it is very tame, and never offers to bite; walks on its hind feet; often lies flat on its belly, and flirts up its tail. The head is flat, with a blunt nose, full black eyes, divided upper lip, and long whiskers; the belly and feet a dirty white; there is a white line above each eye; the toes are long and distinct, with a large knob on each foot for a thumb; the claws are long; the hind legs black and naked behind. It is the size of the common squirrel, but much broader and flatter. They are found near Mount Sneeberg, 800 miles north of the Cape of Good Hope. 7. S. cinereus, the gray squirrel, with plain ears; hair of a dull gray color, mixed with black, and often tinged with dirty yellow; belly and inside of the legs white; tail long, bushy, gray, and striped with black; size of a half grown rabbit. It inhabits the woods of northern Asia, North America, Peru, and Chili; is very numerous in North America, and does incredible damage to the plantations of maize, running up the stalks and eating the young ears; they are proscribed by the provinces, and a reward of threepence per head given for every one that is killed. They make their nests in hollow trees, with moss, straw, wool, &c., feed on maize in the season, and on pine-cones, acorns, and mast of all kinds; form holes underground, and there deposit a large stock of winter provision; descend from the trees, and visit their magazines |