Difficulty of identifying the Weasel of Scripture--The Weasel of Palestine--Suggested identity with the Ichneumon 68 THE FERRET. Translation of the Hebrew word _Anakah_--The Shrew-mouse of Palestine--Etymology of the word--The Gecko or Fan-foot, its habits and peculiar cry--Repugnance felt by the Arabs of the present day towards the Gecko 69 THE BADGER. Difficulty of identifying the _Tachash_ of Scripture--References to "badgers' skins"--The Dugong thought to be the Badger--The Bedouin sandals--Nature of the materials for the Tabernacle--Habits of the Badger--The species found in Palestine--Uses of the Badgers' skins--Looseness of zoological terms 70 THE BEAR. The Syrian Bear--Identity of the Hebrew and Arabic titles--Its colour variable according to age--Bears once numerous in Palestine, and now only occasionally seen--Reason for their diminution--Present localities of the Bear, and its favourite haunts--Food of the Bear--Its general habits--Its ravages among the flocks--The Bear dangerous to mankind--The Bear robbed of her whelps--Illustrative passages--Its mode of fighting--Various references to the Bear, from the time of Samuel to that of St. John 75 THE HEDGEHOG, OR BITTERN. Various readings of the word _Kippôd_--The Jewish Bible and its object--The Syrian Hedgehog and its appearance--Its fondness for dry spots--The prophecies of Isaiah and Zephaniah, and their bearing on the subject--The Porcupine supposed to be the Kippôd--The Hedgehog and Porcupine called by the same name in Greek and Arabic--Habits of the Porcupine--Its quills, and the manner of their shedding 80 THE PORCUPINE. Presumed identity of the Kippôd with the Porcupine--The same Greek name applied to the Porcupine and Hedgehog--Habits of the Porcupine--The common Porcupine found plentifully in Palestine 85 THE MOLE. The two Hebrew words which are translated as "Mole"--Obscurity of the former name--A parallel case in our own language--The second name--The Moles and the Bats, why associated together--The real Mole of Scripture, its different names, and its place in zoology--Description of the Mole-rat and its general habits--Curious superstition--Discovery of the species by Mr. Tristram--Scripture and science--How the Mole-rat finds its food--Distinction between the Mole and the present animal 86 THE MOUSE.