I do not believe in the mungoose being proof against snake poison, or in the antidote theory.
I think it has been proved that if the poison of a snake is injected into the veins of a mungoose it proves fatal.
I do not know whether a mungoose in a wild state will eat carrion, but he would not touch anything tainted, and, though very fond of freshly-cooked game, would turn up his nose at high partridge or grouse.
It is the only mungoose mentioned in Blyth's 'Catalogue of the Mammals of Burmah,' but there are at least two more, and probably some of the Malayan species are yet to be found in Tenasserim.
I have put Burmah in the list of places where this mungoose is found, having lately been shown by Mr. Davison the skin of a stripe-necked mungoose obtained by him in Burmah, which seemed to be of this species.
The cry of the mungoose is a grating mew, varied occasionally by a little querulous yelp, which seems to be given in an interrogative sort of way when searching for anything.
It happened one day when the Brahman had gone out to beg alms of the pious and charitable, that his wife went into the garden to cull some pot-herbs, leaving the child asleep in his cradle, and by his side the mungoose kept guard.
The Brahman, in his turn, disconsolate at the death of the mungoose and his wife, first slew his child and then killed himself.
So the child and the mungoose were brought up together, as twin brothers, in the same cradle.
In these degenerate days the mungoose does not perform such venturesome exploits; nevertheless, he still has a "bold and sanguinary disposition.
I am inclined to think that the carnivorous propensities of the mungoose have been exaggerated, for its food seems to contain a considerable admixture of vegetable substances.
In Lahore I, or rather my wife, made the discovery that the mungoose is very fond of bird-seed.
He does not allow the cobra to "have a bite," and even if the latter does succeed in striking, the chances are that its fangs will be turned aside by the erected hair of the mungoose or fail to penetrate his tough skin.
It attributes the immunity of the mungoose to his remarkable agility.
He adds: "I have seen a mungooseeat up the head and poison glands of a large cobra, so the poison must be harmless to the mucous membrane of the former animal.
Although in the wild state he does nothing so quixotic as to assail large snakes, the mungoose is a match for the cobra.
Eight species of mungoose occur in the Indian Empire.
A mungoose (Herpestes ichneumon) allied to our Indian species is common in Egypt, where it is known as Pharaoh's rat or Pharoe's mouse.
All the houses here swarm with them, but the mungoose has either killed or driven away all that were here, and our house therefore is quite free from the smell.
Instantly the mungoose springs upon him, and we hear the bones crushing in his jaws.
A wild cat came through the room just now, and took a peep at me; but the mungoose growled, and it ran way.
When an Indian mother wishes to go out, she need only just tell the mungoose to mind the cradle, and then he lies down by it, and suffers neither man nor reptile to approach.
I suspect that my mungoose or ichneumon keeps them away, as he is an inveterate enemy to all vermin.
The noise of the mungoose is very peculiar, generally purring like a cat, but when angry it barks short and snappishly, while every hair on its long tail stands on end.
The mungoose is very fond of serpents; he kills and eats them with great rapidity, and then jumps into my wife's lap to ask for some milk.
May the insignificant mungoose carry off thy venom, Poison: if not, I will crush the vile creature with a stone: so may the poison depart from my body, and go to distant regions.
Supposing the mungoose has devoured his child, he slays it, and then discovers that the poor animal had killed a serpent which had crept upon the infant.
The Brahman having left his child alone, while he performs a rite to his ancestors, on his return finds a pet mungoose (nakula) smeared with blood.
The unknown Visakumbha is an antidote for poison and is eaten by the mungoose after its fight with the cobra.
Then the mungoose saw Devasarman returning at a distance, and delighted, ran out to meet him, all stained with the blood of the snake.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "mungoose" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
