ey aes. 102. 
THE BEE, 
OR 
| ZITERARY WEEKLY INTELLIGENCER, 
FOR 
? WEDNESDAY, NovEMBER 21. 1792. 
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THE ICHNEUMON. 
“Tuts is one of the most remarkable of a very nume- 
rous clafs of carniverous animals,—the weasel tribe: 
_ They are all distinguifhed by the great length, and 
_ slendernefs, and pliability of their bodies, and the 
_fhortnefs of their legs. ‘They are so small and flex- 
ible as to wind like worms into very small crevices, 
and therefore peculiarly calculated for pursuing small 
+ destructive animals into their holes, and devouring 
them. They are slow in pursuit, but make up for 
that by patience and afsiduity. 
The ichneumon, which is also called the rat of 
_ Pharaoh, has all the strength, agility, and instinct of 
_-2cat; ithas a more universal appetite for carnage, 
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