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placed in a narrow cage, in which the head and anterior ex- 

 tremities are confined ; the posterior parts are then easily 

 secured, while the Civet is removed with a simple spatula. 



" The substance obtained from the Rasse agrees with the 

 civet afforded by the Viverra Civetta and Zibetha, in 

 colour, consistence, and odour. It is a very favourite per- 

 fume among the Javanese, and applied both to their dresses, 

 and by means of various unguents and mixtures of flowers 

 to their persons. Even the apartments and the furniture 

 of the natives of rank are generally scented with it to such 

 a degree as to be offensive to Europeans, and at their feasts 

 and public processions the air is widely filled with this 

 odour." 



The next sub-division of the Viverras are the Genets. 

 It will be sufficient for our purposes to notice here the 

 Genet of Barbary. Two animals of this species were pre- 

 sented to the French menagerie, by M. Adanson, brother 

 to the celebrated naturalist and traveller of the same 

 name. These animals were very young when first re- 

 ceived at Paris, and they lived for more than ten years. 

 When they died, it was discovered that they had lost all 

 their teeth. Whether this was accident, or the effect of age, 

 is doubtful. They were kept in a cage not very spacious, in 

 a corner of which they passed the day fast asleep, and rolled 

 up in a ball. It was during the night that they watched, 

 took their food, and satisfied all their other wants. 



From their slender and elongated body, pointed muzzle, 

 short limbs, and entire physiognomy, we might feel in- 

 clined to refer them to the family of the Martens. But a 

 more attentive examination, and a more detailed study of 

 their organization, prove their approximation to the Ci- 

 vets, by the side of which they are accordingly ranged in a 

 particular group. 



The teeth of the Genet are exactly similar to those of 



