42 IMPERTINENCE OF A WEASEL. 



stenches as exhibited by the Skunk and the Teledu. 

 A single individual of the latter species has been 

 known to infect a whole village, and even to cause 

 fainting in some persons ; and the scent of the former 

 is so powerful, that it almost instantaneously tainted 

 the provisions that were in the vicinity, and they 

 were all thrown away. 



The Polecat, Ferret, Marten, and Stoat belong to 

 the true weasels ; the Otters and Gluttons claiming 

 a near relationship. 



