have of stinking to defend themselves, se dcfendcndo. 

 I knew a gentleman who kept a tame snake, which 



Among the hedgerotvs. 



was in its person as sweet as any animal while in 



good humour and unalarmed ; but as soon as a 



stranger, or a dog or cat, came in, it fell to hissing, 



and filled the room with such nauseous effluvia as 



rendered it hardly supportable. Thus the skunck, or 



stonck, of Ray's Synop. Quadr., is an innocuous and 



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