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tion, A fmall fpace is often no means of fecurity; the animal either 
will turn its tail, and by a frequent crepitus prevent all repetition of 
attempts on its liberty; or elfe ejaculate its ftifling urine to the dif- 
tance of eighteen feet *. Its enemy is ftupified with the abominable 
{tench ; er perhaps experiences a temporary blindnefs, fhould any of 
the liquid fall on his eyes. No wafhing will free his cloaths from 
the fimell : they muft even be buried in freth foil, in order to be ef- 
fectually purified. 
Perfons who have juft undergone this misfortune, naturally run to 
the next houfe to try to free themfelves from it; but the rights of 
hofpitality are denied to them: the owner, dreading the infection, is 
fure to fhut the door againft them. 
Profefior Ka/m ran the danger of being fuffocated by the ftench of 
one, which was purfued inte a houfe where he was. 
A maid-fervant, who deftroyed another in a room where meat was 
kept, was fe affected by the vapour as to continue ill for feveral days; 
and the provifions were fo infected, that the mafter of the houfe was 
forced to fling them away ft. 
Travellers are often obliged, even in the midft of forefts, to hold 
their nofes, to prevent the effects of its ftench. 
The brute creation are in like dread of its effuvia. Cattle will 
roar with agony; and none but true-bred dogs will attack it: even 
thofe are often obliged to run their nofes into the ground before they 
can return to complete its deftruction. The fmell of the dogs, after 
a combat of this nature, remains for feveral days intolerable. 
Notwithftanding this horrible quality, the flefh is eaten, and is 
efteemed as fweet as that of a Pig. The bladder muft be taken out, 
and the fkin flayed off, as foon as the animal is killed f. 
I fhould think it a very difagreeable companion: yet it is often 
tamed fo as to follow its mafter like a Dog; for it never emits its 
© Kalm, i. 275. + The fame, 277, $ Law/fon, 119. Kala, 1.278 
vapour 
