. An historical and descriptive account of British America [microform] : comprehending Canada Upper and Lower, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Prince Edward Island, the Bermudas, and the fur countries, their history from the earliest settlement, the statistics and topography of each district, their commerce ... : to which is added a full detail of the principles and best modes of emigration. Hudson's Bay Company; Compagnie de la Baie d'Hudson; Natural history; Sciences naturelles. 232 NOTICES REGARDING THE PRINCIPAL H 'â. adjoininj^ Hudson's Bny, where, however, the species is less u

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. An historical and descriptive account of British America [microform] : comprehending Canada Upper and Lower, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Prince Edward Island, the Bermudas, and the fur countries, their history from the earliest settlement, the statistics and topography of each district, their commerce ... : to which is added a full detail of the principles and best modes of emigration. Hudson's Bay Company; Compagnie de la Baie d'Hudson; Natural history; Sciences naturelles. 232 NOTICES REGARDING THE PRINCIPAL H 'â. adjoininj^ Hudson's Bny, where, however, the species is less ubundaiit tlmn tlic pine-martin. Dr Richardson observes, tluit its j)hysi{)gnoniy is very different from that of the latter animal, the features of which, when it is threatened, resemble those of an an^^ry cat; but the expression of the pekan is nearer that of a dog, al- though the apparent obliquity of the eyes gives it a much more sinister aspect. The genus Mephitis of Cuvier contains those ])eculiar animals commonly called skunks^ or mephitic weasels, remarkable among nil stinking things for their intense and uneradicable odour. Although several species arc described in a general way, it does not seem very certain that more than one is known to naturalists, âthe skunk weasel of Pennant (^Mephitis Americana^ Rich., Viverra putorius, Gmel.), which is spread over a vast extent of territory in the New World, where it varies greatly in different localities. Its size is that of a domestic cat ; its fur, though rather coarse, is very ample, of a black colour, marked by longitudinal bands of white ; and the tail, which is long and bushy, has generally two broad white stripes similarly extended upon a black ground. The skunk, as described by Dr Richardson, inhabits rocky and woody regions, spending the winter in a hole, and seldom stirring abroad during the colder seasons. It preys on mice, and in summer feeds much on frogs. Its gait is so slow that it can easily be overtaken by the

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