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MUSINA, OR FEMALE TANUKI. 
with me as far as the Cape, when, to my disappoint- 
ment, she became sick and died. 
The Japanese arc very fond of this little animal. 
Old Koempfer describes it in a few words : “ Tannki 
is a very singular kind of an animal, of a brownish 
dark colour, with a snout not unlike a fox’s snout, 
and pretty small.” My j)layful little hlusina was 
very much like a racoon. , When she was hungiy 
and in quest of food, she ran like a fox, tail on end, 
sniffing the ground with lier inquisitive sharp nose. 
Like Eeynard, alas! she was also too fond of poultry, 
and got into sad disgrace by killing the captain’s 
bantams and pheasants. She was partial also to raw 
eggs, whicli she cleverly held ])etween her fore-feet ; 
cracking them across, and, as the two halves fell 
apart, licking out the contents with her tongue. 
IMusina at times was very petulant. She became 
enraged at the sound of the drum beating to quar- 
ters, and would shake with fury any piece of cloth 
of a red colour. At Simidsu, the people profess to 
believe that the Tanuki lives only in the crater of 
their beloved mountain, the peerless Fusiyama. 
