ILLUSTRATIONS 



1. The Civet Cat 



2. A Genet about to spring at j 

 LOURIE .... 



The Large-spotted Genet 

 The Small-spotted Genet 

 The Small Grey Mungoose attack 

 iNG A Ringhals Cobra 



6. Mimosa Thorns 



7. The Large Grey Mungoose . 



8. The Water Mungoose 



9. A Pair of Water Mungooses and 



THEIR Little Family . 



10. The Small Grey Mungoose 



11. A Pair of Small Grey Mungooses 



WITH Young 



12. The Skull of the Small Grey Mun 



GOOSE .... 



13. The White-tailed Mungoose ; The 



White-tailed Mungoose, show- 

 ing its Long, Bushy White Tail 



14. The Banded Mungoose . 



15. The Bushy-tailed Meerkat . 



16. Life-history of Termites 



17. A Pair of Bushy-tailed Meerkats 



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