PORCUPINES FOUND IN OLD BUILDINGS. 
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dilapidation,, this animal may frequently be seen in 
common with much more formidable creatures, such 
as the cobra de capella, and other snakes, against the 
assaults of which its spines furnish an effectual de- 
fence. The Hindoos never molest it, so that there 
is probably no country in the world where it enjoys 
such perfect freedom from aggression as in Hindostan. 
