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" At a feast near the Cape, one night r a trum- 

 peter, who had got his fill, was carried out of 

 doors, in order that he might cool himself, and 

 get sober again. The scent of him soon drew 

 thither a tiger- wolf, which threw him on his back, 

 and dragged him along with him as a corpse, 

 and consequently a fair prize, up towards Table- 

 mountain. During this, however, our drunken 

 musician awaked, enough in his senses to know 

 the danger of his situation, and to sound the 

 alarm with his trumpet, which he carried fastened 

 to his side. The wild beast, as may easily be 

 supposed, was not less frightened in his turn ; 

 and thus afforded the trumpeter an opportunity 

 of making his escape."] 



CHAPTER II. 



OF ANIMALS OF THE WEASEL KIND. 



HAVING described the bolder ranks of carni- 

 vorous animals, we now come to a minuter and 

 more feeble class, less formidable indeed than any 

 of the former, but far more numerous, and, in 

 proportion to their size, more active and enter- 

 prising. The weasel kind may be particularly 

 distinguished from other carnivorous animals, by 

 the length and slenderness of their bodies, which 

 are so fitted as to wind, like worms, into very 

 small openings, after their prey ; and hence, also, 



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