A civet or skunk walking past a slab of stone on which its image is engraved. Etching by S. C. Miger, ca. 1808, after N. Maréchal.

A skunk. Wood-engraving by T. Bewick, 178-.

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A skunk. Wood-engraving by T. Bewick, 178-.

A civet or skunk walking past a slab of stone on which its image is engraved. Etching by S. C. Miger, ca. 1808, after N. Maréchal.