NATURALIST S CABINET. 



Manners of a tame weasel. 



mour, unless when confined, or teased too much; 

 in which case it expresses its displeasure by a 

 sort of murmur, very different from that which it 

 utters when pleased. 



" In the midst of twenty people, this little ani- 

 mal distinguishes my voice, seeks me out, and 

 springs orer every body to come at me. His 

 play with me is the most lively and caressing; 

 with his two little paws he pats me on the chin, 

 with an air and manner expressive of delight. 

 This, and a thousand other preferences, show- 

 that his attachment is real. When he sees me 

 dressed for going out, he will not leave me, and 

 it is not without some trouble that I can disen- 

 gage myself from him ; he then hides himself 

 behind a cabinet near the door, and jumps upon 

 me as I pass, with so much celerity that I often 

 can scarcely perceive him. 



" He seems to resemble a squirrel in vivacity, 

 agility, voice, and his manner of murmuring* 

 During the summer, he sqeaks and runs about all 

 night long; but since the commencement of the 

 cold weather, I have not observed this. Some- 

 times, when the sun shines while he is playing 

 on the bed, he turns and tumbles about and 

 murmurs for a while. 



" From his delight in drinking milk out of my 

 hand, into which I pour a very little at a time, 

 and his custom of sipping the little drops and 

 edges of the fluid, it seems probable that he 

 drinks dew in the same mumier. He very sel- 



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