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the outer toe and claw small, and placed back ; of the three 

 other toes the centre is the longest ; there is also a rudiment 

 of a toe, with a small obtuse claw on the inside, but this is 

 not so conspicuous as in the preceding species ; the hind-legs 

 are longer than the fore, and covered with light hairs ; the 

 extreme toes and claws of nearly equal length, placed back, 

 and the three others also of equal lengths with each other ; 

 the claws are dark horn-colour, light at their end and small, 

 the fore ones the longest. 



In the name of this beautiful little animal, I am desirous of 

 recording the zeal of Lieutenant Robert Hood. His application 

 to the various matters of science which have offered themselves 

 to the notice of the travellers well deserves to be thus recorded. 

 His beautiful drawings and skilful delineations of the route of the 

 Expedition, which were received at the same time with the spe- 

 cimens now described, are most satisfactory proofs of his ability, 



October #9, 1822. — Captain Franklin, who returned in the 

 present month, whilst the preceding pages were printing, having 

 intimated his desire that an account of the subjects of Natural 

 History collected by him during his expedition should accom- 

 pany the narrative which he is preparing for the press, the de- 

 scriptions of the collections alluded to at the commencement of 

 this paper will form a part of that publication. 



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