THE FERRET-BADGERS 



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water under compunction, although, when the necessity arises, they can swim well. 

 Their great protection against their foes is their intolerable odor, which is described 

 as being almost, if not quite, as offensive as that of the skunks. In many houses of 

 the Dutch boers of South America tame individuals of the Cape polecat may be 

 found, which are kept for the purpose of catching rats and mice. 



THE CAPE POLECAT. 

 (One-sixth natural size.) 



THE FERRET-BADGERS 

 Genus Hclidis 



The ferret-badgers form a small group of four species from Eastern Asia, which 

 in some respects serve to connect the preceding forms with the true badgers, having 



