NATURAL HISTORY. 
to tail, two feet three inches, the tail four* 
tccjl' indies, and the body rather thick. It 
is^ iiioPLly of an alli colour, fpotted with 
TC^ ; has a long nofe, with whilkers.; and 
es that are black and beautiful. 
, Phis .animal is a native of India, the Phi- 
'i-ppnie Iflcs, Guinea, Ethiopia, and Mada- 
gafean The famous drug, called Mtifu, is 
piodaced from them. To procure which, 
thole vyho keep them provide a box for their 
liabifatjoh, and colleft the mullc, by fera- 
ping if tliV-ce times a week. The male, if 
will yield mofl. When young, 
tacy arefed with millet jiap, and a little fllli 
dr fic/li ; but when old, with raw flelh prin- 
cipally. In their wild Hate they prey on 
fowls. 
Although a native of warm climates, it 
wilt live in temperate, and even in cold 
regions, if carefylly defended from the wea- 
ther. Great numbers are bred in Hol- 
land where they aiford eonllderable emolu- 
ment to their owners. The mullc of Am- 
fterdam, being lefs adulterated than any other, 
is moll efteemed. 
The B E A V E II. 
T* HE beaver is the only quadruped that 
has a flat broad tail,- covered with fcales, 
which ferves it as a rudder iu the water, and 
alfo 
