* 1 $ WEESE L. 
fnixed with dirty white, brown and black : fides of* 
the neck marked with ftripes of black, beginning 
hear the ears, and ending at the break and fhoul- 
ders: from the middle of the neck, along the ridge 
of the back, extends a black line, reaching feme- 
way up the tail: on each fide are two others : the 
fides (potted with afh-color and black: the tail 
barred with black and white •, the black bars broader 
on the upper fide than the lower. 
A variety fir ft diftinguiftied from the other by 
M. de Buff on ; but figured long before by Hernandez 
and Gefner: unknown in Mexico *, till introduced 
there from the Philippine ifies. Thefe animals feem 
not to be known to the antients: it is probable the 
drug was brought without their knowing its origin *, 
For it is certain the fine gentlemen at Rome ufed 
perfumes, 
Pajiillos Rufillus olet* 
%fi. Genet. La Genette Belon obf. 74. natim albidis et nlgris variegate. 
Genetha Gefner quad- 549, Brijfon quad. 186. 
Genetta vel Ginetta. Rail Jyn. Viverra Genetta. V. cauda an- 
\uad. 201 . _ _ nulata, corpore fulvo-nigricants 
Coati, ginetta Hifpanis. Klein maculato Lin.fyfi . 65. 
"quad. 73. _ La Genette de Buffon, ix. 343. 
Muftela caitda ex annulis alter- iab.xxxv i. 
W. with ears a little pointed: (lender body: very 
long tail: color of the body a tawny red, fpotted 
with black •, and the ridge of the back marked with 
a black line: the tail annulated w r ith black and 
tawny ? teet black : fometimes the ground color of 
y l : ername% Nqv. Eifp. JtL 
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