. Wild scenes of a hunter's life; . tailis as long as the body. The ground color of the fur is of a muchbrighter grey than that of the common civet, surmounted with abroad dorsal line of black, and on each side two or three narrowerblack lines of confluent spots. Over the rest of the body thesespots are thickly but irregularly scattered. The head is greyishand has no spots; and the legs are externally black. They liveon animal and vegetable food, and are said to be revengeful andsavage. The Genet, a native of Spain, Africa, and the South of Asia,is smaller than the civet, and soiriewhat htuger
. Wild scenes of a hunter's life; . tailis as long as the body. The ground color of the fur is of a muchbrighter grey than that of the common civet, surmounted with abroad dorsal line of black, and on each side two or three narrowerblack lines of confluent spots. Over the rest of the body thesespots are thickly but irregularly scattered. The head is greyishand has no spots; and the legs are externally black. They liveon animal and vegetable food, and are said to be revengeful andsavage. The Genet, a native of Spain, Africa, and the South of Asia,is smaller than the civet, and soiriewhat htuger than the marten,but in its leading characters resembles the former: it secretes alsoa perfume similar to the civet, but less strong, and therefore moreagreeable : it is easily tamed, is very cleanly, and keeps housesperfectly free from rats and mice. All these animals are taken iniraps. Opposed to these sweet-smelling weasels, at the extremes! pomtis the Skunk, peculiar to North America: in length it is abou HUNTING THE SKUNK. 333. THE SKUNK. eighteen inches ; its legs are short, and its body broad and flat;?carcely two of them are colored alike, but they generally areblack or brown, with white spots or stripes. In its appetite forpetty carnages, it emulates any of the tribe; but what renders itchiefly remarkable, is the fetid odor which it discharges uponits assailants when attacked, who, be they men or dogs, as soon asthey find this extraordinary battery played off against them, in-stantly turn tail and leave the animal undisputed master of thefield, glad to escape from the intolerable stench, perhaps smartingwith pain, if the approach be too near, so as co allow a drop ofthe pestilent fluid to strike the eye. The hunting of the skunk itnot a favorite sport. It is usually shot, whenever discovered ^yIhe fkrmer8> whose poultry he is very much addicted to stealing S34 HUNTING ADVENTUKES.
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