THE RATEL. 



obferves, that "it is a remarkable circumftance, that fuch'a number of 

 Hounds as, collectively, are able to tear a Lion, of a moderate fize, in 

 pieces, are frequently forced to leave the Ratel, only dead to appearance ; 

 and that on the fur of one, which had been worried by a number of 

 Hounds, there was fcarcely the mark of a bite to be feen." 



The fame gentleman likewife remarks, that the wild Bees of Africa 

 ufually build their nefts in the holes which have been made in the ground 

 by the Hyllrix Jerbua Capenfis, Sus iEthiopicus, and other animals, as trees 

 are feldom to be met with fufficiently excavated for their purpofe ; and that 

 thofe Bees, which build their nefts in trees, are perfectly fecure from the 

 attacks of the Ratel. 



This animal inhabits the interior parts of the country, behind the Cape of 

 Good Hope, where it is pretty common. 



