have of stinking to defend themselves, se dcfcndcndo, 

 I knew a gentleman who kept a tame snake, which 



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was in its person as sweet as any animal while in 

 good humour and unalarmed ; but as soon as a 

 stranger, or a dog or cat, came in, it fell to hissing, 

 and filled the room with such nauseous effluvia as 

 rendered it hardly supportable. Thus the skunck, or 



stonck, of Ray's Synop. Ouadr., is an innocuous and 



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