c 39 ; 
colour as in the Ftper, This difference I fuppofe maybe 
accidental ; The Liquor included in them was fomething 
crafs > and of a ftrong and very unpleafant Smell ^ fuch , 
but in a more intenfe degree , as the Animal did emitr be- 
fore diffecftion, which MartialYiktm^t takes notice off, 
having placed it in thelaft but one in his Catalogue of 
StinkSj where he faith 
§^od Vulpis fuga» Vipem cubde» 
Mallesi quamquodolesiolere Bajfa, 
And ^Jo, de Laet makes mention of fome Snakes in the 
Weji Indies that ftink worfe than any Fox or Pole-cat. 
I have Jong fince taken f notice how the FtetorsoizW 
ftrong fcented Animals^^it coUeded in ihefe 'Baggs^ but de- 
figning there may be hereafter a farther EiTay on this Sub- 
je<f} 5 I Jhill not here inlarge upon it : . Only take notice, 
that our common Snakes have a far greater Fcetor (^Which 
lyes in the fame F^^j- ) tha n our Adders or Vipers. And 
1 have been told by Travellers, i\\dxioxvit Crocodiles wiil 
leave a ftrong, but gratefull Smell behind them ; which 
if fo I doubt not, but it may be upon the fame caufe. But 
ufually tho this Liquor when new;, and in great Quantity 
be ofFenfive> and of an ill fmell (and fuch is Civet likewife 
which is nothing elfej yet when dry and in leffer Propor- 
tions it may prove more gratefull. Thus the liquor in 
the Scent haggs of a Weafell , being dryed, on a Paper and 
kept fome time^did not feem unpleafant to me s but rather 
the contrary and I fee no reafon why Pole-Cats may not 
be Civet-Cats^ though they may not turn to that account. 
But in a Lyonl differed jthe Liquor contained in the&^i^- 
^^^j- was in the opinion of all that fmeltit, much like 
that of Oylol Anifeov Fennel feed ; which almoftwasthe 
only difference I could find between the Lyon 3indz Cat 
for in a Cat this Liquor is fcented. 
d Martial: /. 4. Epigr. 4. e Bifl, IndU Occident, I. 15, 6, 
/ in Vr» plots mturdl Bifi, of Oy.iQxAfh\re» c, 9. />. 30$ 
But 
