Mongooz or mongoose with a basket of ripe fruit.. Eulemur mongoz. Illustration by George Edwards. "This mongooz was drawn from life in 1752. The lady to whom she belonged informed Mr. Edwards that she fed on fruits, herbs, and almost any thing even living fishes. She had likewise an evident desire to catch the birds in her mistress's cages.". Handcoloured copperplate engraving from "The Naturalist's Pocket Magazine; or, Complete Cabinet of the Curiosities and Beauties of Nature" (1798~1802) published by Harrison, London.