332 HUNTING ^BV ENTIRES. 



THE GENET 



he anus. Great numbers were wont to be bred in Holland, where 

 no small emolument was derived from this luxury. The quantity 

 which a single animal affords, depends upon its health and 

 nourishment : in confinement, its favorite food is raw flesh cut 

 small, eggs, rice, fowl, and fish. The perfume is collected twice 

 or thrice a week, and is said to be more plentiful if the animal be 

 irritated. That of Amsterdam is recorded the best, being gener- 

 ally the purest, though that brought from Guinea would exceed it, 

 could it be procured free from adulteration. The Javanese Civet 

 is not more than from fifteen to eighteen inches long: the muzzle 

 is narrow, the ears short, the back strongly arched, and the tail 

 is as long as the body. The ground color of the fur is of a much 

 brighter grey than that of the common civet, surmounted with a 

 broad dorsal line of black, and on each side two or three narrower 

 black lines of confluent spots. Over the rest of the body these 

 spots are thickly but irregularly scattered. The head is greyish 

 and has no spots ; and the legs are externally black. They livr 

 on animal and vegetable food, and are said to be revengeful and 

 savage. 



The Genet, a native of Spain, Africa, and the South of Asia, 

 is smaller than the civet, and somewhat longer than the marten, 

 but in its leading characters resembles the former: it secretes also 

 a perfume similar to the civet, but less strong, and therefore more 

 agreeable : it is easily tamed, is very cleanly, and keep^s houses 

 perfectly free from rats and mice. All these animals are taken in 

 traps. 



Opposed to these sweet-smelling weasels, at the extreme''* point 

 is the Skunk, peculiar to North America : in length it IB ubou 



