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cate of any animal I know, except a large fpecies 
of field-mice, called the Hair-tailed Moufe; forin | 
avery fhort time they are fo fond, that it is {carce- | 
ly poflible to keep them from climbing up one’s _ 
legs and body, and they never feel themfelves 
happier than when fitting on the fhoulder ; but 
when angry, or frightened, (like the fkunk,) they 
emit a very difagreeable fmell. They fleep very 
much in the day, but prowl about and feed in the 
night; they are very fierce when at their meals, 
_ not fuffering thofe to whom they are moft attach-— 
ed to take it from them. I have kept feveral of 
them, but their over-fondnefs made them trou- 
blefome, as they were always in the way; and 
their fo frequently emitting a difagreeable fmell, 
rendered them quite difgufting. 
thewe- Thoughthe Weyack* and Skunk are never 
jack, an¢ found in the Northern Indian country, yet I can: | 
not help obferving that the fcetid {mell of the | 
latter has not been much exaggerated by any | 
Author. When I was at Cumberland Houfe, | 
in the Fall of one. thoufand feven hundred and | 
feventy-four, fome Indians that were tenting on — 
the | 
* Mr. Graham aflerts that this animal frequents the banks of creeks, | 
and feeds on fifh; but thefe are by no means their ufual haunts. I have, — 
however, no doubt, but when they find fifh on the land, that they may | 
eat it, like other carnivorous animals; but they are as fhy of taking the 
water as a domeftic cat. They climb trees, and catch partridges, mice, | 
and rabbits, with as much eafe asa martin, They are eafily tamed and | 
domefticated, are very fond of tea-leaves, have.a pleafant mufky {mell, and 
are very playful. 
