NATURAL HISTORY. 
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fox, has fifty teetli ; the eyes are ' bhffk'^ 
lively, and placed upright ; the ears lah^f 
broad, and tranlparcnt ; the: tail is partly 
covered with fcales, and partly with hair, 
which is fiippofed to be that part of the 
young which cannot be concealed in the 
pouch, and which nature, therefore, has 
provided ■with this armour. The feet refem- 
ble hands, having five toes or fingers, with 
white crooked nails. 
The tail of this animal greatly refcmbles 
a fnake ; by which it will fulpend itlelf on 
one tree, and, by fwinging its body, throw 
itfelf among the branches of another. It 
j deftroys poultry, fucking the blood ■s\’ithout 
devouring the flefli : walks extremely flow^ 
and vvhea overtaken, wnll feign itfelf dead. 
It is a natdve of Virginia, Louifiann, Mex- 
ico, Braz.il, and Peru. 
The otlier, lei's interelling, animals of the 
cat kind, are, thedomellic cat, -wild cat, ounce, 
tiger cat, lynx, cougar, fiaguilh, Angora cat, 
lerval, black bear, brown bear, ■wolverine or 
glutton, raccoon, Ixulgcr, marmoufe, cayopo- 
lin, phalanga, and tarlicr. 
1'hc INDIAN MUSK. 
I S a native of Ceylon, of an olive colou.r, 
and in length about fevcntcen inchev.. Its 
throat, brtall, and belly, arc s\ lute, th.e 
lilies 
