Book excerpt: Excerpt from Life-Histories of Northern Animals, Vol. 2: An Account of the Mammals of Manitoba; Flesh-Eaters Fig. 229. - Anal scent-gland of M. Putida dissected and raised to expose the rectum (r). (life size, but a very small example) About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.