56 On the Civet of the continent of India. 



borrowing ; at least they are frequently taken in holes, whe- 

 ther made by themselves or obtained by ejection of other 

 animals. The Mushars, a low caste of woodmen, eat 

 their flesh. The Tarai name of the animals is Bhraun, the 

 hill name Nit Biraloo. The lesser species are called in the 

 Tarai Sayer and Bugmyul, indiscriminately, but not Katas, 

 'that name being given to a distinct animal. The Tarai 

 specimens of the Bhraun agree sufficiently with those ob- 

 tained in the mountains, but I have only procured skins 

 from the former tract : nor is there any essential difference 

 of habits or manners in the high-land and low-land animals, 

 though subterranean dwellings are seldomer used, if at all, 

 by the mountaineers. 



P. S. On the internal visera of Viverra melanurus. Liver 

 11. oz. three prime divisions, all of which are bilobate : gall 

 bladder partially imbedded in anteal division, two inches 

 long by one of greatest diameter. Stomach, as spread on a 

 table, 13 inches along greater arch, by five along the lesser ; 

 bagpipe shaped ; outer coat decidedly muscular and gradu- 

 ally more so from fundus towards pylorus : mucous coat uni- 

 formly smooth: small intestine eleven feet, very strong coated, 

 uniform calibre of one inch: greater gut \\ feet with diame- 

 ter of two inches ; no sacs : cecum two inches long — cylin- 

 drico, conic, diameter one inch, and like great gut, simple in 

 structure, and smooth inside. Spleen five inches by one; 

 pancreas five inches by 1 \ ; omentum and kidneys void of fat ; 

 kidneys \\ inch long, simple ; bladder three inches by 1 J ; 

 on either side of anus towards caudal margin two solid 

 glands of size and shape of sparrow's egg, void of ducts or 

 necks, and opening into rectum just within the anal aperture; 

 secretion thick and foetid, passing slowly out on pressure. 



