mangouste

The Indian mangouste is much less than the Egyptian, and of a beautiful freckled gray.

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The serpent, when aware of the approach of the mangouste, rises on its tail, and with neck dilated, its head advanced, and eyes staring, awaits with every look of rage and fear the attack of its foe.

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The Egyptian mangouste is a native of North Africa, and was deified for its services by the ancient Egyptians.

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The Indian mangouste is described to be the most deadly enemy of the cobra di capello, and the battles between them have been frequently described.

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The mangouste steals nearer and nearer, and creeping round, endeavours to get an opportunity of springing on the serpent's back; and whenever it misses its purpose and receives a bite, it runs perhaps some distance, to eat the mangouste-grass, which is an antidote against the poison: it then returns to the attack, in which it is commonly victorious.

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Another species of the mangouste, found in the island of Java, inhabiting the large teak forests, is greatly admired by the natives for its agility.

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The mangouste kills the fer-de-lance when it has a chance but it also kills fowls and sucks their eggs, which condemns it irrevocably with the country negroes, who live to a considerable extent by raising and selling chickens.

Two Years in the French West Indies Lafcadio Hearn 1877

The introduction of the Indian mongoos, or _mangouste_ (ichneumon), proved futile as a means of repressing the evil.

Two Years in the French West Indies Lafcadio Hearn 1877

(Paris, Techener, 1838, p. 54), where the animal that protects the child is a mangouste (Viverra Mungo).

Popular Tales from the Norse George Webbe Dasent 1856