In India, there is the White-cheeked weasel, Hodgson's and Horsefield's weasels; and in Nepaul, the Nepaul weasel, and the Cathia. Further north in Asia, there is, in Siberia, the Vomela, the Chorok, and the Altai weasel of the Altai Mountains; and no doubt need exist that animals of the weasel tribe are to be found everywhere. Indeed, if we regard as weasels the various carnivorous quadrupeds of the glutton and badger family, which have been described elsewhere in these sketches-- including the strange Teledu or Stinkard of Java, the Helietis of India and China, the Taira and Grison of Brazil, the Ratel or honey badger of Africa, the Zorille of the Cape, the Zorilla or Maikel of Patagonia, the Sand bear of India, and the numerous varieties of the celebrated Polecat, or Skunk, of North and South America--we may well say that there are weasels, or their representatives, in every hole and corner of the earth. With regard to the Polecats of America, they form a sort of link between the weasels and civets; and although there was long supposed to be but one kind--as in the case of the opossum--it is now ascertained that there are several distinct species, with an endless list of varieties. The _Water Weasels_, or _Otters_, are not so numerous either in species or individuals--though there are at least a dozen of them in all, and they are widely distributed over the world. In Britain, there is but one--the Common or European otter; and in North America, a very similar species was supposed, until recently, to be the only one inhabiting that continent. The rivers of California, however, have presented us with a second, known as the Californian otter; and the singular Sea otter, whose beautiful fur is so prized under the name of Sea otter, is also an animal inhabiting the coasts of California--as it does most part of the western seaboard of the American continent. The Grey otter is a South African animal, and in India we have the Wargul; while in the rivers of Nepaul--a country so rich in mammalia-- there is the Golden brown otter. China, in common with other Indo-Chinese countries, possesses the Chinese otter; and South America has the Brazilian Contra, and in all probability several other species.