Penjyhania, Philadelphia. ^73 



nature of the foil, or a greater heat of the 

 fummer in Fhiladelphia, or to fome other 

 caufe I know not^ However there is not 

 the leaft advantage in making cyder fo early: 

 for long experience had taught the hufband- 

 men that it is worfe for being made early 

 in the year ; the great heat in the begin- 

 ning of autumn being faid to hinder the fer- 

 mentation of the juice. 



There is a certain quadruped which 

 is pretty common not only in Penjyhania, 

 but likewife in other provinces both of 

 ^outh and North Americay and goes by the 

 name of Polecat among the Englijlj. In 

 New Tork they generally call it Skunk. 

 The Swedes here by way of nickname 

 called it Fijkatta^ on account of the horrid 

 flench it fometimes caufes as I ihall prefent- 

 ly fhow. The French in Canada, for the 

 fame reafon call it Bete puante or ftinking 

 animal, and Enfant du diable or child of 

 the devil. Some of them likewife call it 

 Pekan : Catejby in his Natural Hijiory of 

 Carolina, has defcribed it in Vol. 2. p. 62. 

 by the name of Putorius Americanus Jiriatus 

 and drawn it plate 62. Dr. Linnceus calls it 

 Fiverra Putorius.* This animal, which is 

 S very 



* Of this animal and of the above-mentioned Racoon is a 

 reprefentation given plate 2. both from original drawings; 

 the German and the Snjoedijh edition Of Prof. KrI»C% work 

 being both without this plate, F« 



