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§ 97. Describe the Silver Fox. 

 § 98. Describe the Gray Fox. 

 § 99. Describe the Swift Fox. 

 § 100. Describe the Jackal. 

 §101. Describe the Striped Hyena. 

 § 102. Describe the Spotted Hyena. 

 § 103. How is. the genus Weasel distinguished ? 

 § 104. What is their natural disposition? 

 § 105. What do you know of their disagreeable odor? 

 § 106. Where are they found ? 



§ 107. Which are the principal species of Weasels found in the Unite * 

 States ? 

 § 108. Describe the Ermine Weasel. 

 § 109. Describe the Pine Marten. 

 § 110. What do you know of its fur? 

 § 111. Describe Pennant's Marten. 

 § 112. Why, and by whom received it this name? 

 §113. Describe the Mink. 

 § 1 14. Describe the Sable. 

 § 115. What can you say of its fur ? 

 §116. Describe the Polecat. 

 § 117. Describe the American Otter. 

 § 118. Where are they very common? 

 § 119. How does it differ from the Weasel? 

 § 120. On what does it feed, and of what use is it? 



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§121. The Common Cat (Felis Catus) and the wild' 

 cat belong to the same species : the former sometimes be- 

 come wild, and the latter can be easily tamed. Cats are 

 found in all climates, and existed in America before its 

 discovery, for a hunter brought one of them to Christo- 

 pher Columbus, which was of a brownish gray color. 

 Among the peculiarities of the cat, are its powerful elec- 

 tricity ; the shining of its eyes in the dark ; its singular 

 love of certain plants, such as catnep ; its purring, and 

 the strong invincible antipathy of many individuals to it. 

 The principal varieties are the Angora Cat, with long 

 silky hair ; the bluish-gray Cyprus Cat ; and the Tortoise- 

 shell Cat, which are often of three colors, black, white, 

 and yellowish brown, equally distributed in large spots. 



\ 122. The Lion (Felis Leo) is five, and its tail two 

 feet long, which is ornamented with a tassel. He is of 

 & dirty yellow color, and a native of Africa and Western 

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