The _Cundeli_ is another kind of mouse, which emits an agreeable smell[129]. The _Pucia_, or common house cat, never attacks the larger kind of mice[130]. The small hedge-hog I never saw in Malabar; but I have seen the porcupine, in the bowels of which bezoar is said to be found. The truth of this, however, I doubt. The flesh of this animal has a bad taste, and is difficult of digestion[131]. Of apes there are great multitudes in the forests of _Maleatur_, _Codamangalam_, _Badagare_, _Codolur_, and _Vaypur_. The small white ape is called _Vellacuranga_; and the large black ape, _natibus calvis_, _cauda prælonga_, _Coringuranga_. The latter has a large beard; and its head is entirely covered with hair. This ape is, in all probability, the _Faunus_ or _Silenus_ of Zimmermann. Another, with a small tail, I consider as the _Silvanus_ of the same naturalist. The _Rajah-keda_, or royal ape, is of a black colour, and has a long black beard, with a ruddy countenance like a man. It is highly valued by the Pagans; because, according to their theology, it represents the deity _Hanuman_, the Pan of the ancients. Such apes run about in thousands, and defend themselves when attacked[132]. The _Adibe_, called in the Malabar _Curuken_, and in the Samscred _Gembuga_, or _Kroshtàva_, is a kind of fox or wild dog. These animals in Malabar are exceedingly numerous. If a dead body be buried without the walls of a church, it is in great danger of being torn by them and devoured[133]. The Malabar wolf is called _Cenna_, and has reddish hair. The wild cat is called _Kokàn_. Besides the above-mentioned civet cat, or _Meruva_, there are two other kinds of that animal; viz. the _Malaweruva_, or mountain civet cat; and the _Naypulla_, which has a variegated skin covered with black spots[134]. The feathered tribe in Malabar, as in other countries, are partly wild and partly tame. Among the latter are poultry, ducks and turkeys. The house cock, according to the Indian mythology, is dedicated to the goddess _Bhagàvadi_, and is presented at the door of her temple as an offering. In the time of infectious diseases, which the Indians ascribe to that goddess, their priests and fortune-tellers sometimes slaughter a cock on the patient’s bed, rub his body with its blood, and mutter over certain forms of prayer; such, for example, as _Om bhadracàli namà_: that is, “Adoration to thee, O goddess! thou who art black and good, so be it!” or, _Hum_, _varàhi namà_: “Adoration to thee, thou offended, angry deity!” _Om, panciamughi yumè_: “Adoration and health to thee, O woman with the five visages!” _Hum varàhi namà_: “Adoration to thee, O goddess, who art formed like a wild swine, so be it!”