ABSTRACT
THe difference of a Poul-Cat, from the Wilde-Cat, is becaufe of her ftrong (linking favour, and therefore is called Putorius, of Putore, becaufe of his ill fmell : for all Wealils being incenfed and provok ' t to wra th , finell ftrongly, and efpecially the Poul-Cat; likewife when in the Spring time they endeavour procreation, fo r which caufe among the Germans, when they would exprefs an infernons Whore or Whoremafter, they fay they ftink like an lltk, that is a Fitch or Poul-Cat. The French call this Beaft Putois, and Poytois, as it is to be found in C</- rolus Fipttlus; the Savoy ans > Pouttett; the lllyrians and Bohemians, Ichor z; and the Polonians^Viidra; and Svahger calleth it in Latine (Catwn fumxm ) by another name then Putorim. It is greater then an ordinary Weaf i l , bat leffer then the wilde Martel , and yet commonly fatter : the hairs of it are neither imooth and of one length , or of one colour; for the fhor t hairs are fomewhat yellowifh, and the long ones black, fo as one would think that in many places of the body , there were fpots of divers colours, but yet about the mouth it is moft ordinarily white.
