NATURAL HISTORY. 
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^NrM-^LS of the ff^EASEL KIND. 
^ HIS fpecies is didinguifliable 
otljer carnivorous animals, by their lo^ 
and llender bodies, .which enable them tAr; 
creep into very fmall apertures after their 
prey. . They are called vermin, from refem- 
bling the worm in this particular. The form 
and .difpofition of the claws differ from 
thofe of. the cat kind, as they cannot either 
extend or contraft them. They vary from 
the dog kind, in being cloathed with fur ra- 
ther ihan hair.; and differ both in difpofition 
aivl appearance. They are cruel, coward- 
ly and voracious; fubfift moftly by theft.; 
and cU ftroy all about them before they begin 
to feed. They fuck the blood of every ani- 
mal before they eat the flefli. 
Of the various individuals of this fpecies, 
we fliall felcd the moft remarkable, begin- 
ning with 
The CIVET. 
T* H E civet, like the reft of the weafel 
kirid, has a long llender body, fhort legs, 
and an odorous matter exuding from the 
^ands behind. It is much larger than wea- 
f^ls ia generals being in length, from nofc 
