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of Dar-fur sent four civets to the generals ; and 
some information was at the same time acquired 
respecting the treatment of the animals in that 
country. Since very few of them are found there, 
and these few are brought from a great distance, 
the inhabitants have found it expedient to adopt 
some modes of increasing the produce of the civet. 
They introduce into the bag a small quantity of 
butter or other fat ; then shake the animal vio- 
lently, and by beating, irritate and enrage it as 
much as possible. This, they say, greatly accele- 
rates the secretion ; and the fat also by these means 
imbibes so much of the civet, that the women of 
Par-fur use it upon their hair* 
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Zibet. ] 
Tins, which was figured as a variety by Gesner, 
and more precisely discriminated by Buffon, seems 
to be considered by modern naturalists as a dis- 
tinct species ; Mr. Pennant, however, even in his 
last edition, still regards it as the same with the pre- 
ceding, from which, indeed, it seems to differ in so 
few particulars, as still to leave the determination 
difficult. 
The zibet is chiefly found in the Indian islands,. 
Its general aspect is the same with the former spe- 
cies, but its snout is somewhat sharper, its tail 
longer, and, instead of being black or dusky, with 
merely a few whitish patches at the base, is 
strongly semi-annulated, or banded with alternate 
black and white stripes ; there is no perceptible 
mane on the back, nor any large brown or blackish 
patch under the eyes as in the former animal ; the 
hair also is shorter and softer than in the prece.^ 
ding kind, and the variegations are more disposed 
in the form of undulations than spots, especially 
$n the limbs. In short, this species may be called 
