24 o HISTORY OF QUAbRUPEDS, 



fruits, but prefers the latter, and is peculiarly fond of 

 bananas. It is very fierce, and not eafily tamed. 



In Guinea, it is called Berbe ; and, by Europeans, 

 the Wine-bibber, being very greedy of palm- wine. — When 

 young, its fleih is reckoned very good to eat. 



The SKUNK, 



which is called the Chinche by the natives of Brazil, is 

 about the fize of a common Cat. Its nofe is long and 

 flender, and extends a confiderable way beyond the lower 

 jaw; its ears are large, fhort, and rounded; a white 

 ftripe extends from the nofe over the forehead and along 

 the back, where it is interfered with a fmall line of 

 black, commencing at the tail, and extending upwards 

 along the middle of the back; its belly and legs are 

 black ; its hair is long, efpecially on the tail, which is 

 thick and bufhy. 



It inhabits Peru, Brazil, and other parts of South- 

 America - y and is likewife found in North-America, as 

 far as Canada. 



