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STRIPED WEASEL. 
back as soon as they perceive the smell ; those who 
have been used to it, will kill the animal,, but 
are often obliged to relieve themselves, by thrust- 
ing their noses into the ground. There is no bear- 
ing the company of a dog that has killed one, 
for several days 
Professor Kalsn was one night in great danger 
of being suffocated by one of them that was pur- 
sued into a house where he slept. When driven 
into a house where cattle are kept, they bellow 
through pain : indeed they are much disturbed 
at the sight or smell of any weasel in their stalls. 
One of these, that was killed in a cellar by a maid 
servant, so affected her with its stench, that she 
lay ill for several days ; and all the provisions 
that were in the place were so tainted, that the 
owner was obliged to throw them away. 
Notwithstanding this, the flesh is reckoned 
good meat, and not unlike that of a pig ; hut it 
must be skinned as soon as killed, and the blad- 
der taken carefully out. The Virginian species, 
or skunk, is capable of being tamed, and will 
follow its master like a dog, and never emits its 
vapour except it be terrified. 
It breeds in hollow trees, or holes under ground, 
or in the clefts of rocks. It climbs trees with 
great agility, kills poultry, eats eggs, and des«* 
troys birds. 
Striated or striped weasel. 
This striped species of the weasel is about the 
size of an European polecat, but his back is more 
arched ; its ears are rounded ; its head, neck, 
belly, legs, and tail, are black ; its back and sides 
are marked with five parallel white lines ; there is 
one on the top of the back, and two on each side ; 
the second extends some way up the tail, which 
