Bos 103- 
a: THE BEE, 
i * OR 
* ZITERARY WEEKLY INTELLIGENCER, 
sd FOR 
Wepnespay, NovEMBER 28. 1792. 
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r ] SR = errenn gry eee AVA IRED ————— 
THE CIVET. 
4 
* ‘Tue civet is the largest animal. of the weasel kind. 
4 Its length from nose to tail is about two feet three in- 
hes, the tail is fourteen inches, and the body being 
thicker, and legs longer than most ofthe animals 
of this clafs. It has a very long nose like a fox, and 
whiskers like others of its own kind. Its eyes are 
dlack and beautiful ; they thine in the dark; and it 
is probable it can see well enough to pursue its prey 
during the night, as it is knowato. be most active 
_ during that period. | 
This animal is remarkable chiefly forthe famous drug 
muf, or civet, which it produces. This odorous sub- 
- stance is obtained from an overture between the pri- 
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