NATURAL HISTORY OF SOUTH AFRICA 
The muishond frequently burrows into sod 
fences and makes its lair therein. One day I set 
a Kafir to dig one out. He came upon it rather 
suddenly, and before we were aware of the fact 
I had received a stream of scent upon my coat, 
vest, and trousers. The odour was so horrible 
and nauseating that I felt symptoms similar to the 
worst form of sea sickness. I bolted off at full 
speed for home, a distance of about a quarter of 
a mile, discarding my garments as I ran. 
I subsequently asked my native groom if he 
would like to have the suit, which was a new one. 
He accepted it jubilantly, with many an ejaculation 
of delight. I told him the smell wouldn’t come off, 
but he only smiled a smile of incredulity, and 
remarked that he would soon wash it out. The 
clothing was steeped in warm soapy water over- 
night, and was thoroughly washed the following 
day. A few days later the native gloomily admitted 
I was right, and that he scrubbed the clothes till 
he was exhausted, but the smell remained. 
A year later, when turning over lumber in an 
outhouse in quest of Night Adders (Causus rhom- 
beatus) which had become rather troublesome, 
I came across that suit hanging from a peg, but it 
smelled as strongly as ever. 
The muishond will boldly attack animals con- 
siderably larger than itself. Sometimes it steals 
upon a sleeping hare unawares, and should it succeed 
in obtaining a grip with its teeth, the hare is doomed, 
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